diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrangebase/roundtrip.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrangebase/roundtrip.go
index 3839bf389877..b7b019e44d5a 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrangebase/roundtrip.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrangebase/roundtrip.go
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ func (cfg *Config) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 // Validate validates the config.
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 	if cfg.CacheResults {
-		if cfg.SplitQueriesByInterval <= 0 {
-			return errors.New("querier.cache-results may only be enabled in conjunction with querier.split-queries-by-interval. Please set the latter")
-		}
 		if err := cfg.ResultsCacheConfig.Validate(); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid ResultsCache config")
 		}