diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index 6cde5319d48414..f3e36203aad90f 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-unless ENV.key?('RAILS_ENV')
-  STDERR.puts 'ERROR: Missing RAILS_ENV environment variable, please set it to "production", "development", or "test".'
-  exit 1
-end
-
 ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../Gemfile', __dir__)
 
 require 'bundler/setup' # Set up gems listed in the Gemfile.