diff --git a/devel/localhost-to-dockerhub b/devel/localhost-to-dockerhub
index 870aa14..61b1980 100755
--- a/devel/localhost-to-dockerhub
+++ b/devel/localhost-to-dockerhub
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 # This pushes just the provided tag. If "latest" is provided as a second argument,
 # the provided tag will also be pushed as "latest"
 #
-# Errors if any of the tagged images have already been pushed.
-#
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
@@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ tag=$1
 BASE_IMAGE="nextstrain/base"
 BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE="nextstrain/base-builder"
 
-if [[ $(docker image inspect --format "{{.RepoDigests}}" $BASE_IMAGE:$tag) != '[]' || $(docker image inspect --format "{{.RepoDigests}}" $BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE:$tag) != '[]' ]]; then
-    echo "At least one of $BASE_IMAGE:$tag and $BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE:$tag has already been pushed. This can happen if the newly built image is not available in the local registry." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 
 # Use Skopeo via a Docker container to copy a tagged image.
 # https://github.com/containers/skopeo/blob/07da29fd371dd88615a0b86e91c6824237484172/install.md#container-images