diff --git a/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index c6df187b4..3a6b6d248 100755
--- a/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 set -e
 
-if [[ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" && ! grep -q "avx2" /proc/cpuinfo ]]; then
-    bashio::log.fatal "❌ Your CPU is x86_64 but doesn't support AVX2. BirdNET-Go requires Intel Haswell (2013) or newer CPU with AVX2 support."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
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 # INITALISATION #
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