diff --git a/packages/firestore/rollup.config.es2017.js b/packages/firestore/rollup.config.es2017.js
index 0577c4ff137..fcabdabe0b1 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/rollup.config.es2017.js
+++ b/packages/firestore/rollup.config.es2017.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @license
- * Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2018 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import pkg from './package.json';
 import memoryPkg from './memory/package.json';
 
 import {
-  appendPrivatePrefixTransformers,
+  firestoreTransformers,
   manglePrivatePropertiesOptions,
   resolveNodeExterns,
   resolveBrowserExterns
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const browserBuildPlugins = [
       }
     },
     clean: true,
-    transformers: appendPrivatePrefixTransformers
+    transformers: firestoreTransformers
   }),
   json({ preferConst: true }),
   terser(manglePrivatePropertiesOptions)
diff --git a/packages/firestore/rollup.shared.js b/packages/firestore/rollup.shared.js
index 77ccf83a3ee..5ce613b1777 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/rollup.shared.js
+++ b/packages/firestore/rollup.shared.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { externs } from './externs.json';
 import { renameInternals } from './scripts/rename-internals';
 import { extractPublicIdentifiers } from './scripts/extract-api';
+import { removeAsserts } from './scripts/remove-asserts';
 
 import pkg from './package.json';
 
@@ -43,11 +44,13 @@ const externsPaths = externs.map(p => path.resolve(__dirname, '../../', p));
 const publicIdentifiers = extractPublicIdentifiers(externsPaths);
 
 /**
- * A transformer that appends a __PRIVATE_ prefix to all internal symbols.
+ * Transformers that remove all debugAsserts and appends a __PRIVATE_ prefix to
+ * all internal symbols.
  */
-export const appendPrivatePrefixTransformers = [
+export const firestoreTransformers = [
   service => ({
     before: [
+      removeAsserts(service.getProgram()),
       renameInternals(service.getProgram(), {
         publicIdentifiers,
         prefix: '__PRIVATE_'
diff --git a/packages/firestore/scripts/remove-asserts.ts b/packages/firestore/scripts/remove-asserts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1345852b6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/firestore/scripts/remove-asserts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+
+// Location of file that includes the asserts
+const ASSERT_LOCATION = 'packages/firestore/src/util/assert.ts';
+
+export function removeAsserts(
+  program: ts.Program
+): ts.TransformerFactory<ts.SourceFile> {
+  const removeAsserts = new RemoveAsserts(program.getTypeChecker());
+  return (context: ts.TransformationContext) => (file: ts.SourceFile) => {
+    return removeAsserts.visitNodeAndChildren(file, context);
+  };
+}
+
+/** Transformer that removes all "debugAssert" statements from the SDK. */
+class RemoveAsserts {
+  constructor(private readonly typeChecker: ts.TypeChecker) {}
+
+  visitNodeAndChildren<T extends ts.Node>(
+    node: T,
+    context: ts.TransformationContext
+  ): T {
+    return ts.visitEachChild(
+      this.visitNode(node),
+      (childNode: ts.Node) => this.visitNodeAndChildren(childNode, context),
+      context
+    ) as T;
+  }
+
+  visitNode(node: ts.Node): ts.Node {
+    if (ts.isCallExpression(node)) {
+      const signature = this.typeChecker.getResolvedSignature(node);
+      if (
+        signature &&
+        signature.declaration &&
+        signature.declaration.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.FunctionDeclaration
+      ) {
+        const declaration = signature.declaration as ts.FunctionDeclaration;
+        if (
+          declaration &&
+          declaration.getSourceFile().fileName.indexOf(ASSERT_LOCATION) >= 0
+        ) {
+          const method = declaration.name!.text;
+          if (method === 'debugAssert') {
+            return ts.createEmptyStatement();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return node;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/core/view.ts b/packages/firestore/src/core/view.ts
index 68382e967c3..c9f34f08103 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/core/view.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/core/view.ts
@@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ export class View {
       targetChange.addedDocuments.forEach(
         key => (this._syncedDocuments = this._syncedDocuments.add(key))
       );
-      targetChange.modifiedDocuments.forEach(key =>
+      targetChange.modifiedDocuments.forEach(key => {
         debugAssert(
           this._syncedDocuments.has(key),
           `Modified document ${key} not found in view.`
-        )
-      );
+        );
+      });
       targetChange.removedDocuments.forEach(
         key => (this._syncedDocuments = this._syncedDocuments.delete(key))
       );