diff --git a/addDevTag b/addDevTag
index 49f2f2d90..ecaeffc6a 100755
--- a/addDevTag
+++ b/addDevTag
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# check if we need to merge master into this branch------------
-if [[ $(git log origin/master ^HEAD) ]]; then
-    echo "You need to merge master into this branch. Exiting"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # get version------------
 version=`cat package.json | grep -e '"version":'`