diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/account.py b/python/src/deltachat/account.py
index b3de2b105..d02f37348 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/account.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/account.py
@@ -708,8 +708,9 @@ class Account(object):
         """Start configuration process and return a Configtracker instance
         on which you can block with wait_finish() to get a True/False success
         value for the configuration process.
+
+        :param reconfigure: deprecated, doesn't need to be checked anymore.
         """
-        assert self.is_configured() == reconfigure
         if not self.get_config("addr") or not self.get_config("mail_pw"):
             raise MissingCredentials("addr or mail_pwd not set in config")
         configtracker = ConfigureTracker(self)