diff --git a/src/graph/GraphView.cpp b/src/graph/GraphView.cpp
index d7a6e27fb1a739bd8b27411cf21b30bf58e2a3ad..c9f3cd14db84dab0faab065278664e68fb577db6 100644
--- a/src/graph/GraphView.cpp
+++ b/src/graph/GraphView.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ void Aidge::GraphView::setOrderedInputs(const std::vector<std::pair<NodePtr, IOI
 }
 
 void Aidge::GraphView::setOrderedOutputs(const std::vector<std::pair<NodePtr, IOIndex_t>>& outputs) {
+  // Note: one can specify any node as graph output!
   size_t nbOutputs = 0;
   std::vector<std::pair<NodePtr, IOIndex_t>> ignoredOutputs(mOutputNodes);
   for (auto output : outputs) {
@@ -326,14 +327,13 @@ void Aidge::GraphView::setOrderedOutputs(const std::vector<std::pair<NodePtr, IO
     // it into account.
     if (output.first != nullptr) {
       auto it = std::find(ignoredOutputs.begin(), ignoredOutputs.end(), output);
-      AIDGE_ASSERT(it != ignoredOutputs.end(), "unknown or duplicate output: {} (of type {})", output.first->name(), output.first->type());
-      ignoredOutputs.erase(it);
+      if (it != ignoredOutputs.end()) {
+        ignoredOutputs.erase(it);
+      }
       ++nbOutputs;
     }
   }
 
-  AIDGE_ASSERT(nbOutputs <= mOutputNodes.size(), "too many specified number of outputs: {} specified vs {} available", nbOutputs, mOutputNodes.size());
-
   mOutputNodes = outputs;
   mOutputNodes.insert(mOutputNodes.end(), ignoredOutputs.begin(), ignoredOutputs.end());
 }