diff --git a/src/libcrun/container.c b/src/libcrun/container.c
index 2126cb4073..86aebbc3b7 100644
--- a/src/libcrun/container.c
+++ b/src/libcrun/container.c
@@ -2820,9 +2820,6 @@ libcrun_container_create (libcrun_context_t *context, libcrun_container_t *conta
 
   container->context = context;
 
-  if (def->oci_version && strstr (def->oci_version, "1.0") == NULL)
-    return crun_make_error (err, 0, "unknown version specified");
-
   ret = check_config_file (def, context, err);
   if (UNLIKELY (ret < 0))
     return ret;
@@ -4120,9 +4117,6 @@ libcrun_container_restore (libcrun_context_t *context, const char *id, libcrun_c
   container->context = context;
   def = container->container_def;
 
-  if (def->oci_version && strstr (def->oci_version, "1.0") == NULL)
-    return crun_make_error (err, 0, "unknown version specified");
-
   ret = check_config_file (def, context, err);
   if (UNLIKELY (ret < 0))
     return ret;