diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Compilation/CSharpCompilation.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Compilation/CSharpCompilation.cs
index 9937c7b6acc24dca8cdcbd9fd661c01a92d7ce0f..ed84e0568176e34149fcbc2e9541c90cae918d73 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Compilation/CSharpCompilation.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Compilation/CSharpCompilation.cs
@@ -2708,8 +2708,6 @@ protected override IPointerTypeSymbol CommonCreatePointerTypeSymbol(ITypeSymbol
             ImmutableArray<string> elementNames,
             ImmutableArray<Location> elementLocations)
         {
-            elementNames = CheckTupleElementNames(elementTypes.Length, elementNames);
-
             var typesBuilder = ArrayBuilder<TypeSymbol>.GetInstance(elementTypes.Length);
             for (int i = 0; i < elementTypes.Length; i++)
             {