diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c b/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
index ee459872948..eb99a6e9b19 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
@@ -1942,13 +1942,6 @@ riscv_parse_check_conflicts (riscv_parse_subset_t *rps)
   int xlen = *rps->xlen;
   bool no_conflict = true;
 
-  if (riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "e", &subset)
-      && xlen > 32)
-    {
-      rps->error_handler
-	(_("rv%d does not support the `e' extension"), xlen);
-      no_conflict = false;
-    }
   if (riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "q", &subset)
       && (subset->major_version < 2 || (subset->major_version == 2
 					&& subset->minor_version < 2))
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.d
deleted file mode 100644
index cfe085ab21a..00000000000
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#as: -march=rv64e
-#source: empty.s
-#error_output: march-fail-base-02.l
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.l b/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.l
deleted file mode 100644
index 52fee96af36..00000000000
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-base-02.l
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.*Assembler messages:
-.*Error: rv64 does not support the `e' extension