diff --git a/manifests/plugins/ml2.pp b/manifests/plugins/ml2.pp
index c00fb08dd..5a79a4d63 100644
--- a/manifests/plugins/ml2.pp
+++ b/manifests/plugins/ml2.pp
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2 (
     }
   }
 
-  if $::neutron::core_plugin != 'neutron.plugins.ml2.plugin.Ml2Plugin' {
-    fail('ml2 plugin should be the core_plugin in neutron.conf')
-  }
-
   if $enable_security_group {
     neutron_plugin_ml2 {
       'securitygroup/firewall_driver': value => $enable_security_group;
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_spec.rb
index 886953dba..badc6fc7c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_spec.rb
@@ -73,17 +73,6 @@ describe 'neutron::plugins::ml2' do
 
     end
 
-    context 'configure ml2 with wrong core_plugin configured' do
-      let :pre_condition do
-        "class { 'neutron':
-          rabbit_password => 'passw0rd',
-          core_plugin     => 'foo' }"
-      end
-      it 'should fails to configure ml2 because core_plugin should contain ML2 class' do
-          expect { subject }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /ml2 plugin should be the core_plugin in neutron.conf/)
-      end
-    end
-
     it 'configures ovs plugin' do
       should_not contain_neutron_plugin_ovs('agent/l2_population').with('value' => true)
     end