diff --git a/src/Tools/BuildBoss/ProjectCheckerUtil.cs b/src/Tools/BuildBoss/ProjectCheckerUtil.cs
index 111cd7639c93e61cbf6429fb05fbcf9c641414eb..362323efe1bbc42d81b38dbc2efe2bbb833a46bf 100644
--- a/src/Tools/BuildBoss/ProjectCheckerUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Tools/BuildBoss/ProjectCheckerUtil.cs
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ private bool CheckRoslynProjectType(TextWriter textWriter)
             allGood &= IsUnitTestPortableCorrectlySpecified(textWriter, data);
             allGood &= CheckTargetFrameworks(textWriter, data);
 
-            if (data.EffectiveKind == RoslynProjectKind.Exe)
-            {
-                var element = _projectUtil.FindSingleProperty("ApplicationManifest");
-                if (element == null)
-                {
-                    textWriter.WriteLine("Exe projects must specify an ApplicationManifest property");
-                    allGood = false;
-                }
-            }
-
             return allGood;
         }