diff --git a/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.cpp b/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.cpp
index 8be06e16..dabaf68e 100644
--- a/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.cpp
+++ b/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.cpp
@@ -227,8 +227,9 @@ tresult VectorStream::write_back(Steinberg::IBStream* stream) const {
         return Steinberg::kInvalidArgument;
     }
 
+    // A `stream->seek(0, kIBSeekSet)` breaks restoring states in Bitwig. Not
+    // sure if Bitwig is prepending a header or if this is expected behaviour.
     int32 num_bytes_written = 0;
-    assert(stream->seek(0, kIBSeekSet) == Steinberg::kResultOk);
     if (stream->write(const_cast<uint8_t*>(buffer.data()), buffer.size(),
                       &num_bytes_written) == Steinberg::kResultOk) {
         // Some implementations will return `kResultFalse` when writing 0 bytes