diff --git a/release/examples/db-insert.c b/release/examples/db-insert.c
index 47e1bfa3825..debfe73ffc7 100644
--- a/release/examples/db-insert.c
+++ b/release/examples/db-insert.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <toku_assert.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/release/examples/db-scan.c b/release/examples/db-scan.c
index 374073213af..2ef5e81a800 100644
--- a/release/examples/db-scan.c
+++ b/release/examples/db-scan.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <tokudb.h>
 #define DIRSUF tokudb
 #endif
-#include <toku_assert.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>