diff --git a/src/slaunch/opt.c b/src/slaunch/opt.c
index 828887525af3631ac0f6ff7ba49db60c68243950..ec8d33795b33b73e75933a763a5529e9bcacf64e 100644
--- a/src/slaunch/opt.c
+++ b/src/slaunch/opt.c
@@ -1716,18 +1716,6 @@ static bool _opt_verify(void)
 		verified = false;
 	}
 
-	if (!opt.overcommit) {
-		/* make sure that the user isn't asking for more tasks
-		   than there are available cpus in the allocation */
-		uint32_t cpus = _total_cpus(alloc_info_ptr);
-		/* if (opt.num_tasks > cpus) { */
-/* 			error("Asking for more tasks (%u) than total available" */
-/* 			      " cpus (%u)", opt.num_tasks, cpus); */
-/* 			error("Perhaps you meant to use --overcommit?"); */
-/* 			verified = false; */
-/* 		} */
-	}
-
 	core_format_enable (opt.core_type);
 
 	if (opt.labelio && opt.unbuffered) {