diff --git a/src/core/config/Config.cpp b/src/core/config/Config.cpp
index 1249b8ba4..f49ba05db 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config/Config.cpp
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ bool xmrig::Config::read(const IJsonReader &reader, const char *fileName)
 
     setAesMode(reader.getValue("hw-aes"));
     setAlgoVariant(reader.getInt("av"));
-    setAssembly(reader.getValue("asm"));
     setMaxCpuUsage(reader.getInt("max-cpu-usage", 100));
     setPriority(reader.getInt("cpu-priority", -1));
     setThreads(reader.getValue("threads"));
 
+#   ifndef XMRIG_NO_ASM
+    setAssembly(reader.getValue("asm"));
+#   endif
+
     return finalize();
 }
 
@@ -194,12 +197,6 @@ void xmrig::Config::setAlgoVariant(int av)
 }
 
 
-void xmrig::Config::setAssembly(const rapidjson::Value &assembly)
-{
-    m_assembly = Asm::parse(assembly);
-}
-
-
 void xmrig::Config::setMaxCpuUsage(int max)
 {
     if (max > 0 && max <= 100) {
@@ -278,3 +275,11 @@ xmrig::AlgoVariant xmrig::Config::getAlgoVariantLite() const
     return m_algoVariant;
 }
 #endif
+
+
+#ifndef XMRIG_NO_ASM
+void xmrig::Config::setAssembly(const rapidjson::Value &assembly)
+{
+    m_assembly = Asm::parse(assembly);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/core/config/Config.h b/src/core/config/Config.h
index 19c70cf13..861840c77 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config.h
+++ b/src/core/config/Config.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ private:
     bool finalize();
     void setAesMode(const rapidjson::Value &aesMode);
     void setAlgoVariant(int av);
-    void setAssembly(const rapidjson::Value &assembly);
     void setMaxCpuUsage(int max);
     void setPriority(int priority);
     void setThreads(const rapidjson::Value &threads);
@@ -95,6 +94,10 @@ private:
     AlgoVariant getAlgoVariantLite() const;
 #   endif
 
+#   ifndef XMRIG_NO_ASM
+    void setAssembly(const rapidjson::Value &assembly);
+#   endif
+
 
     struct Threads
     {