diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59c5d255..6b622cd8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ set(MINOR_VERSION 0)
 set(MICRO_VERSION 0)
 set(SDL_REQUIRED_VERSION 3.1.5)
 
-if(CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Prevented in-tree built. Please create a build directory outside of the SDL_ttf source code and call cmake from there")
-endif()
-
 project(SDL3_ttf
     LANGUAGES C
     VERSION "${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${MICRO_VERSION}"