diff --git a/src/gbm/gblinear_model.cc b/src/gbm/gblinear_model.cc
index a1c63b6f53ad..7e702493352e 100644
--- a/src/gbm/gblinear_model.cc
+++ b/src/gbm/gblinear_model.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Copyright 2019 by Contributors
+ * Copyright 2019-2021 by Contributors
  */
 #include <utility>
 #include <limits>
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ namespace xgboost {
 namespace gbm {
 
 void GBLinearModel::SaveModel(Json* p_out) const {
-  using WeightType = std::remove_reference<decltype(std::declval<decltype(weight)>().back())>::type;
-  using JsonFloat = Number::Float;
-  static_assert(std::is_same<WeightType, JsonFloat>::value,
-                "Weight type should be of the same type with JSON float");
   auto& out = *p_out;
 
   size_t const n_weights = weight.size();