diff --git a/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py b/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
index 3e91a2b8042..cab540e6bfd 100644
--- a/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
+++ b/megatron/core/transformer/transformer_config.py
@@ -2426,11 +2426,6 @@ def _scope_to_str(s):
             assert (
                 self.mtp_num_layers is None or self.mtp_num_layers == 1
             ), 'MTP layernum only supports 1 when enabling overlap_moe_expert_parallel_comm.'
-            if self.mtp_num_layers == 1:
-                assert self.pipeline_model_parallel_size > 1, (
-                    'Pipeline model parallel size must be larger than 1 '
-                    'when enabling overlap_moe_expert_parallel_comm with MTP layer.'
-                )
 
             if self.cuda_graph_impl != "none":
                 if self.cuda_graph_impl == "transformer_engine":