diff --git a/collects/racket/private/class-internal.rkt b/collects/racket/private/class-internal.rkt
index e33dcc8b66..94f472ac6c 100644
--- a/collects/racket/private/class-internal.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/private/class-internal.rkt
@@ -3196,8 +3196,6 @@ An example
                        [handled-args null])
               (cond
                 [(null? init-args)
-                 (unless (null? inits/c)
-                   (raise-blame-error bswap #f "initialization argument not provided\n  init-arg: ~a" (car (car inits/c))))
                  (reverse handled-args)]
                 [(null? inits/c)
                  (append (reverse handled-args) init-args)]
diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/contract-test.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/contract-test.rktl
index 057dd4b9ec..0b56827415 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/contract-test.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/contract-test.rktl
@@ -8032,13 +8032,6 @@
            [d%/c/c (contract (class/c (init [a number?])) d%/c 'pos 'neg)])
       (new d%/c/c [a #t] [a "foo"])))
 
-  ;; Check that we catch not providing init args metioned in the contract
-  (test/neg-blame
-   'class/c-higher-order-init-9
-   '(let* ([c% (class object% (super-new) (init [a 3]))]
-           [c%/c (contract (class/c (init [a integer?])) c% 'pos 'neg)])
-      (new c%/c)))
-
   (test/spec-passed
    'class/c-higher-order-init-field-1
    '(let ([c% (contract (class/c (init-field [f (-> number? number?)]))