diff --git a/compiler/rename/RnSource.lhs b/compiler/rename/RnSource.lhs
index 08e68606250f76f84bb004b1e4291c737a087fc3..79f7b83f94360c7b67e5885091b023c3461e058d 100644
--- a/compiler/rename/RnSource.lhs
+++ b/compiler/rename/RnSource.lhs
@@ -831,8 +831,7 @@ rnTySig (tydecl@TyData {tcdCtxt = context, tcdLName = tycon,
       ASSERT( isNothing mb_typats ) -- won't have type patterns
       ASSERT( isNothing derivs )    -- won't have deriving
       ASSERT( isJust sig )          -- will have kind signature
-      do { checkM (not . null $ tyvars) $ addErr needOneIdx   -- #indexes >= 1
-	 ; bindIdxVars (ksig_doc tycon) tyvars $ \tyvars' -> do {
+      do { bindIdxVars (ksig_doc tycon) tyvars $ \tyvars' -> do {
 	 ; tycon' <- lookupLocatedTopBndrRn tycon
 	 ; context' <- rnContext (ksig_doc tycon) context
 	 ; returnM (TyData {tcdND = tcdND tydecl, tcdCtxt = context',