diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c b/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
index e03b312a381..8cbcbe43163 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-riscv.c
@@ -1845,13 +1845,6 @@ riscv_parse_check_conflicts (riscv_parse_subset_t *rps)
       rps->error_handler (_("rv%d does not support the `q' extension"), xlen);
       no_conflict = false;
     }
-  if (riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "e", &subset)
-      && riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "f", &subset))
-    {
-      rps->error_handler
-        (_("rv32e does not support the `f' extension"));
-      no_conflict = false;
-    }
   if (riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "zfinx", &subset)
       && riscv_lookup_subset (rps->subset_list, "f", &subset))
     {
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.d
deleted file mode 100644
index d7b51c3c17d..00000000000
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#as: -march=rv32ef
-#source: empty.s
-#error_output: march-fail-rv32ef.l
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.l b/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.l
deleted file mode 100644
index e6d93f28fa5..00000000000
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/riscv/march-fail-rv32ef.l
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.*Assembler messages:
-.*Error: .*rv32e does not support the `f' extension