diff --git a/parlai/core/teachers.py b/parlai/core/teachers.py
index b81b1a74249..5040fb147a9 100644
--- a/parlai/core/teachers.py
+++ b/parlai/core/teachers.py
@@ -2291,9 +2291,6 @@ def __init__(self, opt, shared=None):
         super().__init__(opt, shared)
         self.buffersize = self.get_buffersize()
 
-        if 'stream' not in opt['datatype']:
-            raise ValueError('Chunk teacher should be used with streaming. ')
-
         self.set_datasettings(opt)
 
         self.dws = int(self.opt.get('distributed_world_size', 1))
diff --git a/tests/test_teachers.py b/tests/test_teachers.py
index 88c1c384340..5a0a5a0e5f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_teachers.py
+++ b/tests/test_teachers.py
@@ -301,27 +301,25 @@ def test_dynamic_batched(self):
         assert valid['exs'] == 100
         assert test['exs'] == 100
 
-    def test_stream_only(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-            valid, test = testing_utils.eval_model(
-                dict(
-                    task='integration_tests:chunky',
-                    model='parlai.agents.test_agents.test_agents:MockTorchAgent',
-                    batchsize=32,
-                ),
-                valid_datatype='valid',
-            )
-
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-            valid, test = testing_utils.eval_model(
-                dict(
-                    task='integration_tests:chunky',
-                    model='parlai.agents.test_agents.test_agents:MockTorchAgent',
-                    batchsize=32,
-                ),
-                valid_datatype='valid:stream',
-                test_datatype='test',
-            )
+    def test_non_stream_works(self):
+        testing_utils.eval_model(
+            dict(
+                task='integration_tests:chunky',
+                model='parlai.agents.test_agents.test_agents:MockTorchAgent',
+                batchsize=32,
+            ),
+            valid_datatype='valid',
+        )
+
+        testing_utils.eval_model(
+            dict(
+                task='integration_tests:chunky',
+                model='parlai.agents.test_agents.test_agents:MockTorchAgent',
+                batchsize=32,
+            ),
+            valid_datatype='valid:stream',
+            test_datatype='test',
+        )
 
 
 class CustomEvaluationTeacher(DialogTeacher):