diff --git a/cli/main.c b/cli/main.c
index 67fc289..4dceb3b 100644
--- a/cli/main.c
+++ b/cli/main.c
@@ -1326,16 +1326,7 @@ cleanup3:
 		 * the limit, stop adding packages to the queue.
 		 */
 		if (maximum_package_count > 0 && pkgq.length >= maximum_package_count)
-		{
-			if ((want_flags & PKG_MODVERSION) == PKG_MODVERSION)
-			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "pkgconf: --modversion requested with multiple packages, output would be ambiguous\n");
-				ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
-				goto out;
-			}
-
 			break;
-		}
 
 		while (isspace((unsigned char)package[0]))
 			package++;