diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c
index eb7e682038d0c7f83e7c2e1f74cd31ccb6c6cc42..ed9d93590316614bc8880ea94b51385b2f66b8ba 100644
--- a/tools/imximage.c
+++ b/tools/imximage.c
@@ -777,11 +777,6 @@ static uint32_t parse_cfg_file(struct imx_header *imxhdr, char *name)
 	(*set_dcd_rst)(imxhdr, dcd_len, name, lineno);
 	fclose(fd);
 
-	/* Exit if there is no BOOT_FROM field specifying the flash_offset */
-	if (imximage_ivt_offset == FLASH_OFFSET_UNDEFINED) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error: No BOOT_FROM tag in %s\n", name);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
 	return dcd_len;
 }