diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
index c23289eaa1c..024aa5dcec9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ def __init__(self, module, results):
         self._connection = self._module.client('ec2')
         self._check_mode = self._module.check_mode
 
-        if not hasattr(self._connection, 'describe_transit_gateways'):
-            self._module.fail_json(msg='transit gateway module requires boto3 >= 1.9.52')
-
     @AWSRetry.exponential_backoff()
     def describe_transit_gateways(self):
         """