diff --git a/src/vllm_tgis_adapter/__main__.py b/src/vllm_tgis_adapter/__main__.py
index 6ccd9986..b7ea3380 100644
--- a/src/vllm_tgis_adapter/__main__.py
+++ b/src/vllm_tgis_adapter/__main__.py
@@ -245,18 +245,6 @@ async def run_http_server(
 
     engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs.from_cli_args(args)
 
-    # Enforce pixel values as image input type for vision language models
-    # when serving with API server
-    if (
-        engine_args.image_input_type is not None
-        and engine_args.image_input_type.upper() != "PIXEL_VALUES"
-    ):
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Invalid image_input_type: {engine_args.image_input_type}. "
-            "Only --image-input-type 'pixel_values' is supported for serving "
-            "vision language models with the vLLM API server."
-        )
-
     engine = AsyncLLMEngine.from_engine_args(
         engine_args,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         usage_context=UsageContext.OPENAI_API_SERVER,