diff --git a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
index b9545a7..bf73bec 100644
--- a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@
 timeout(time: 12, unit: 'HOURS') {
     node("docker&&hardware") {
         try {
-
-            if (("testing" in TARGET || "proposed" in TARGET) && !jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering", "aptly-promote-users"])) {
-                insufficientPermissions = true
-                throw new Exception("Only release-engineering or aptly-promote-users can perform promote to testing.")
-            } else if (!jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering"])) {
-                insufficientPermissions = true
-                throw new Exception("Only release-engineering team can perform promote.")
-            }
             stage("promote") {
                 // promote is restricted to users in aptly-promote-users LDAP group
                 lock("aptly-api") {