diff --git a/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp b/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
index 5c01642..20446da 100644
--- a/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
+++ b/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
@@ -42,29 +42,6 @@ turboPmacAxis::turboPmacAxis(turboPmacController *pC, int axisNo,
 
     asynStatus status = asynSuccess;
 
-    /*
-    The superclass constructor sinqAxis calls in turn its superclass constructor
-    asynMotorAxis. In the latter, a pointer to the constructed object this is
-    stored inside the array pAxes_:
-
-        pC->pAxes_[axisNo] = this;
-
-    Therefore, the axes are managed by the controller pC. If axisNo is out of
-    bounds, asynMotorAxis prints an error (see
-    https://github.com/epics-modules/motor/blob/master/motorApp/MotorSrc/asynMotorAxis.cpp,
-    line 40). However, we want the IOC creation to stop completely, since this
-    is a configuration error.
-    */
-    if (axisNo >= pC->numAxes()) {
-        asynPrint(pC_->pasynUser(), ASYN_TRACE_ERROR,
-                  "Controller \"%s\", axis %d => %s, line %d: FATAL ERROR: "
-                  "Axis index %d must be smaller than the total number of axes "
-                  "%d",
-                  pC_->portName, axisNo_, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
-                  axisNo_, pC->numAxes());
-        exit(-1);
-    }
-
     if (initialize) {
         // Register the hook function during construction of the first axis
         // object