diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod.java
index 1d2c5c0bdc6c29e73977aea017eab2a01bc76443..94e4ada5ff1ca5b2807ecfcd42be04d06f7ed102 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod.java
@@ -404,10 +404,6 @@ public final class Secmod {
                 } else {
                     type = ModuleType.EXTERNAL;
                 }
-                if (fips) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("FIPS flag set for non-internal "
-                        + "module: " + libraryName + ", " + commonName);
-                }
             }
             // On Ubuntu the libsoftokn3 library is located in a subdirectory
             // of the system libraries directory. (Since Ubuntu 11.04.)