diff --git a/cmake_modules/wolfConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/wolfConfig.cmake
index 93cffad43715860edef9cd91ce1d083414b009e4..7556468eb89689ea49f9ab98c6d511c9efee0db3 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/wolfConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/wolfConfig.cmake
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ list(APPEND wolf_LIBRARIES ${YAMLCPP_LIBRARY})
 if(NOT Eigen3_FOUND)
   FIND_PACKAGE(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 endif()
-if(${EIGEN3_VERSION_STRING} VERSION_LESS 3.3)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Found Eigen ${EIGEN3_VERSION_MAJOR}.${EIGEN3_VERSION_MINOR}. The minimum version required is Eigen 3.3")
-endif()
 list(APPEND wolf_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${BACKUP_MODULE_PATH})