diff --git a/VEX/priv/main_main.c b/VEX/priv/main_main.c

index 1253cf588..482047c7a 100644

--- a/VEX/priv/main_main.c

+++ b/VEX/priv/main_main.c

@@ -2163,11 +2163,6 @@ static void check_hwcaps ( VexArch arch, UInt hwcaps )

          if (have_fp16 != have_vfp16)

             invalid_hwcaps(arch, hwcaps,

                     "Mismatch detected between scalar and vector FP16 features.\n");

-         Bool have_rdm = ((hwcaps & VEX_HWCAPS_ARM64_RDM) != 0);

-         Bool have_atomics = ((hwcaps & VEX_HWCAPS_ARM64_ATOMICS) != 0);

-         if (have_rdm != have_atomics)

-            invalid_hwcaps(arch, hwcaps,

-                    "Mismatch detected between RDMA and atomics features.\n");

          return;

       }