diff --git a/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js b/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
index 9fff454b2..29cae9109 100644
--- a/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
+++ b/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ const deserializeSound = function (sound, runtime, zip, assetFileName) {
         // This sound has already been cached.
         return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
-    if (!zip) {
-        // TODO adding this case to make integration tests pass, need to rethink
-        // the entire structure of saving/loading here (w.r.t. differences between
-        // loading from local zip file or from server)
-        log.error('Zipped assets were not provided.');
+    if (!zip) { // Zip will not be provided if loading project json from server
         return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
     const soundFile = zip.file(fileName);
@@ -93,11 +89,7 @@ const deserializeCostume = function (costume, runtime, zip, assetFileName) {
         return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
 
-    if (!zip) {
-        // TODO adding this case to make integration tests pass, need to rethink
-        // the entire structure of saving/loading here (w.r.t. differences between
-        // loading from local zip file or from server)
-        log.error('Zipped assets were not provided.');
+    if (!zip) { // Zip will not be provided if loading project json from server
         return Promise.resolve(null);
     }