diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/output/service/HttpWsTestCaseWriter.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/output/service/HttpWsTestCaseWriter.kt
index 11aaf46a1f..f4aee830be 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/output/service/HttpWsTestCaseWriter.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/output/service/HttpWsTestCaseWriter.kt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ abstract class HttpWsTestCaseWriter : ApiTestCaseWriter() {
 
         handleLastStatementComment(res, lines)
 
-        if (config.enableBasicAssertions) {
+        if (config.enableBasicAssertions && !call.shouldSkipAssertionsOnResponseBody()) {
             handleResponseAssertions(lines, res, responseVariableName)
         }
     }
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ abstract class HttpWsTestCaseWriter : ApiTestCaseWriter() {
 
             handleLastStatementComment(res, lines)
 
-            if (config.enableBasicAssertions) {
+            if (config.enableBasicAssertions && !call.shouldSkipAssertionsOnResponseBody()) {
                 handleResponseAssertions(lines, res, null)
             }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/api/ApiWsAction.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/api/ApiWsAction.kt
index 7dc6071b9d..25228739f9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/api/ApiWsAction.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/api/ApiWsAction.kt
@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@ abstract class ApiWsAction(
     fun addParam(param: Param){
         addChild(param)
     }
+
+    /**
+     * In some very special cases, we want to skip creating assertions on response bodies from the API
+     */
+    open fun shouldSkipAssertionsOnResponseBody() : Boolean{
+        return false
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/RestCallAction.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/RestCallAction.kt
index 6a0794634e..99bc60856e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/RestCallAction.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/RestCallAction.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.evomaster.core.problem.rest.param.FormParam
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.api.param.Param
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.rest.param.PathParam
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.rest.resource.ActionRToken
+import org.evomaster.core.problem.rest.service.AbstractRestSampler
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.util.ParamUtil
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.rest.util.ParserUtil
 import org.evomaster.core.problem.util.BindingBuilder
@@ -222,4 +223,8 @@ class RestCallAction(
         // binding params in this action, e.g., path param with body param if there exists
         BindingBuilder.bindParamsInRestAction(this, randomness = randomness)
     }
+
+    override fun shouldSkipAssertionsOnResponseBody(): Boolean {
+        return id == AbstractRestSampler.CALL_TO_SWAGGER_ID
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/service/AbstractRestSampler.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/service/AbstractRestSampler.kt
index 66b6194c6b..12e26eee46 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/service/AbstractRestSampler.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/evomaster/core/problem/rest/service/AbstractRestSampler.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ abstract class AbstractRestSampler : HttpWsSampler<RestIndividual>() {
 
     companion object {
         private val log: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractRestSampler::class.java)
+
+        const val CALL_TO_SWAGGER_ID =  "Call to Swagger"
     }
 
     @Inject
@@ -209,11 +211,9 @@ abstract class AbstractRestSampler : HttpWsSampler<RestIndividual>() {
      */
     private fun addCallToSwagger() : RestCallAction?{
 
-        val id =  "Call to Swagger"
-
         if (configuration.blackBox && !configuration.bbExperiments) {
             return if (configuration.bbSwaggerUrl.startsWith("http", true)){
-                buildActionBasedOnUrl(BlackBoxUtils.targetUrl(config,this), id, HttpVerb.GET, configuration.bbSwaggerUrl, true)
+                buildActionBasedOnUrl(BlackBoxUtils.targetUrl(config,this), CALL_TO_SWAGGER_ID, HttpVerb.GET, configuration.bbSwaggerUrl, true)
             } else
                 null
         }
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ abstract class AbstractRestSampler : HttpWsSampler<RestIndividual>() {
             return null
         }
 
-        return buildActionBasedOnUrl(base, id, HttpVerb.GET, openapi, true)
+        return buildActionBasedOnUrl(base, CALL_TO_SWAGGER_ID, HttpVerb.GET, openapi, true)
     }
 
     /**