diff --git a/pymongo/command_cursor.py b/pymongo/command_cursor.py
index a1dabb043..a21f9a509 100644
--- a/pymongo/command_cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/command_cursor.py
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ class CommandCursor(object):
         if self.__id == 0:
             self.__killed = True
 
-        assert response["starting_from"] == self.__retrieved, (
-            "Result batch started from %s, expected %s" % (
-                response['starting_from'], self.__retrieved))
-
         self.__retrieved += response["number_returned"]
         self.__data = deque(response["data"])
 
diff --git a/pymongo/cursor.py b/pymongo/cursor.py
index 17be51ad6..97a1a5967 100644
--- a/pymongo/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/cursor.py
@@ -1042,12 +1042,6 @@ class Cursor(object):
         if self.__id == 0:
             self.__killed = True
 
-        # starting from doesn't get set on getmore's for tailable cursors
-        if not (self.__query_flags & _QUERY_OPTIONS["tailable_cursor"]):
-            assert response["starting_from"] == self.__retrieved, (
-                "Result batch started from %s, expected %s" % (
-                    response['starting_from'], self.__retrieved))
-
         self.__retrieved += response["number_returned"]
         self.__data = deque(response["data"])