diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 498ff8682..4074f1701 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -435,10 +435,6 @@ check_requirements() {
 		fi	
 	fi
 
-	if (( $(echo "$free_space_root < $req_storage" | bc -l) )); then
-		whiptail_requirements_error "disk space" "${free_space_root} GB" "${req_storage} GB"
-	fi
-
 	if [[ $num_nics -lt $req_nics ]]; then
 		whiptail_requirements_error "NICs" "$num_nics" "$req_nics"
 	fi