diff --git a/pkgs/luaUtils.nix b/pkgs/luaUtils.nix
index 714938b..deac477 100644
--- a/pkgs/luaUtils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/luaUtils.nix
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ let
         # can be: null, bool, string, path, int, float, list, set or lambda
         type = builtins.typeOf value;
       in
-      assert
-        !(builtins.isFunction type)
-        || builtins.throw "Nix functions (${type}) have no correspoinding Lua representation.";
       {
         "null" = nullToLua;
         "bool" = boolToLua;