diff --git a/rs/execution_environment/src/canister_settings.rs b/rs/execution_environment/src/canister_settings.rs
index 2b692a85061..7d5d412cbb8 100644
--- a/rs/execution_environment/src/canister_settings.rs
+++ b/rs/execution_environment/src/canister_settings.rs
@@ -484,16 +484,6 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_canister_settings(
         }
     }
 
-    if let Some(wasm_memory_limit) = settings.wasm_memory_limit() {
-        if let Some(wasm_memory_threshold) = settings.wasm_memory_threshold() {
-            if wasm_memory_threshold > wasm_memory_limit {
-                return Err(CanisterManagerError::InvalidSettings {
-                    message: format!("Invalid settings: 'wasm_memory_threshold' cannot be larger than 'wasm_memory_limit'. 'wasm_memory_threshold': {}, 'wasm_memory_limit': {}", wasm_memory_threshold, wasm_memory_limit),
-                });
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     let new_memory_allocation = settings
         .memory_allocation
         .unwrap_or(canister_memory_allocation);
diff --git a/rs/nns/integration_tests/src/update_canister_settings.rs b/rs/nns/integration_tests/src/update_canister_settings.rs
index 5bb879388dc..37d937e3152 100644
--- a/rs/nns/integration_tests/src/update_canister_settings.rs
+++ b/rs/nns/integration_tests/src/update_canister_settings.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ fn test_update_canister_settings_proposal(
     let target_memory_allocation = 1u64 << 33;
     let target_compute_allocation = 10u64;
     let target_freezing_threshold = 100_000u64;
-    // `target_wasm_memory_limit` needs to be larger than `target_wasm_memory_threshold`.
     let target_wasm_memory_limit = 1u64 << 36;
     let target_wasm_memory_threshold = 1u64 << 34;
     let target_log_visibility = Some(LogVisibility::Public);