Is really needed to use composer-asset-plugin?

Hello.

There’s a long time that I’m using YII framework as a REST framework, so I never use the asset part…

I’m testing the YII 2 for 2 months and some weeks ago it asked for composer-asset-plugin. Is there any whey to don’t use it?

I’m using the YII 2 with composer-asset-plugin. I just don’t want to install.