diff --git a/src/gamedata/g_skill.cpp b/src/gamedata/g_skill.cpp
index 1b8d15e14..c47f5d2f1 100644
--- a/src/gamedata/g_skill.cpp
+++ b/src/gamedata/g_skill.cpp
@@ -300,10 +300,6 @@ void FMapInfoParser::ParseSkill ()
 		}
 		else if (sc.Compare("DefaultSkill"))
 		{
-			if (DefaultSkill >= 0)
-			{
-				sc.ScriptError("%s is already the default skill\n", AllSkills[DefaultSkill].Name.GetChars());
-			}
 			thisisdefault = true;
 		}
 		else if (!ParseCloseBrace())