diff --git a/modules/mol/alg/pymod/scoring.py b/modules/mol/alg/pymod/scoring.py
index 462ed6310498a9bc56bc81154605e4b47000f1db..1cb97530eadd1f90f30a31b25df4405c798cf7b2 100644
--- a/modules/mol/alg/pymod/scoring.py
+++ b/modules/mol/alg/pymod/scoring.py
@@ -1240,11 +1240,6 @@ class Scorer:
         :type trg_patch_two: :class:`ost.mol.EntityView`
         :returns: DockQ score
         """
-        if not self.resnum_alignments:
-            raise RuntimeError("DockQ computations rely on residue numbers "
-                               "that are consistent between target and model "
-                               "chains, i.e. only work if resnum_alignments "
-                               "is True at Scorer construction.")
         m = self._qs_ent_from_patches(mdl_patch_one, mdl_patch_two)
         t = self._qs_ent_from_patches(trg_patch_one, trg_patch_two)
         dockq_result = dockq.DockQ(t, m, "A", "B", "A", "B")