diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index b65827f5bc..ceb596c04c 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -495,11 +495,6 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if ctx.Bool(utils.IterativeOutputFlag.Name) {
 		state.IterativeDump(conf, json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout))
 	} else {
-		if conf.OnlyWithAddresses {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "If you want to include accounts with missing preimages, you need iterative output, since"+
-				" otherwise the accounts will overwrite each other in the resulting mapping.")
-			return errors.New("incompatible options")
-		}
 		fmt.Println(string(state.Dump(conf)))
 	}
 	return nil