diff --git a/gpu-simulator/trace-driven/trace_driven.cc b/gpu-simulator/trace-driven/trace_driven.cc
index 7e221dc48..676dc49d9 100644
--- a/gpu-simulator/trace-driven/trace_driven.cc
+++ b/gpu-simulator/trace-driven/trace_driven.cc
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ bool trace_warp_inst_t::parse_from_trace_struct(
   // handle special cases and fill memory space
   switch (m_opcode) {
   case OP_LDC: //handle Load from Constant
-    assert(trace.memadd_info->width > 0);
     data_size = 4;
     memory_op = memory_load;
     const_cache_operand = 1;
diff --git a/release.notes.md b/release.notes.md
index beeb0d32e..e42470a9f 100644
--- a/release.notes.md
+++ b/release.notes.md
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 
-# Release v1.3.0
-
-Oct 19, 2021.
-
-Major changes since v1.2.0:
-
-1. Release and integration of AccelWattch v1.0 with Accel-Sim.
-
 # Release v1.2.0
 
-May 26, 2021.
+Oct 19, 2021.
 
 Major changes since v1.1.0:
 
-1. First release of Accel-Sim's tuner component
-2. Nvbit 1.5.2 support
-3. Partial support of cutting-edge MLPerf traces
-4. Turing architecture traces
-5. Ampere architecture traces (without copy-async feature: still in progress)
-6. GPGPU-Sim 4.1 release
-7. Detailed manual
+1. Release and integration of AccelWattch v1.0 with Accel-Sim.
 
 # Release v1.1.0
 
@@ -35,4 +21,4 @@ Major changes since v1.0.0:
 6. Fixed the max_insn_limit bug
 7. Adding support to Turing instruction traces
 
----
\ No newline at end of file
+---