diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 954acd44b76b..ac77090098b5 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -4038,7 +4038,6 @@ pub fn cImport(comp: *Compilation, c_src: []const u8) !CImportResult {
         }
         var tree = switch (comp.c_frontend) {
             .aro => tree: {
-                if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) @panic("the CBE cannot compile Aro yet!");
                 const translate_c = @import("aro_translate_c.zig");
                 _ = translate_c;
                 if (true) @panic("TODO");
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index cbc7283eefb9..da50471e2069 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -4282,7 +4282,6 @@ fn cmdTranslateC(comp: *Compilation, arena: Allocator, fancy_output: ?*Compilati
 
         var tree = switch (comp.c_frontend) {
             .aro => tree: {
-                if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) @panic("the CBE cannot compile Aro yet!");
                 const translate_c = @import("aro_translate_c.zig");
                 var aro_comp = translate_c.Compilation.init(comp.gpa);
                 defer aro_comp.deinit();