diff --git a/lib/rpmdb.c b/lib/rpmdb.c
index b51e9f09e8..361f041507 100644
--- a/lib/rpmdb.c
+++ b/lib/rpmdb.c
@@ -2470,8 +2470,7 @@ int rpmdbRebuild(const char * prefix, rpmts ts,
 	    /* let's sanity check this record a bit, otherwise just skip it */
 	    if (!(headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_NAME) &&
 		headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_VERSION) &&
-		headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_RELEASE) &&
-		headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_BUILDTIME)))
+		headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_RELEASE)))
 	    {
 		rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR,
 			_("header #%u in the database is bad -- skipping.\n"),