1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/apps/ca.c b/apps/ca.c
index 4671767fd8..3d23e170b8 100644
--- a/apps/ca.c
+++ b/apps/ca.c
@@ -880,10 +880,6 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
             }
             p++;
         }
-        if (pp[DB_name][0] == '\0') {
-            BIO_printf(bio_err, "entry %d: bad Subject\n", i + 1);
-            goto err;
-        }
     }
     if (verbose) {
         BIO_set_fp(out, stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE | BIO_FP_TEXT); /* cannot fail */