Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Analyzer.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Analyzer.java	(revision 1166401)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Analyzer.java	(working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
   private boolean assertFinal() {
     try {
       final Class<?> clazz = getClass();
+      if (!clazz.desiredAssertionStatus())
+        return true;
       assert clazz.isAnonymousClass() ||
         (clazz.getModifiers() & (Modifier.FINAL | Modifier.PRIVATE)) != 0 ||
         (
Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TokenStream.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TokenStream.java	(revision 1166401)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/TokenStream.java	(working copy)
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
   private boolean assertFinal() {
     try {
       final Class<?> clazz = getClass();
+      if (!clazz.desiredAssertionStatus())
+        return true;
       assert clazz.isAnonymousClass() ||
         (clazz.getModifiers() & (Modifier.FINAL | Modifier.PRIVATE)) != 0 ||
         Modifier.isFinal(clazz.getMethod("incrementToken").getModifiers()) :