diff --git a/modules/apps/object/object-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/object/service/impl/ObjectRelationshipLocalServiceImpl.java b/modules/apps/object/object-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/object/service/impl/ObjectRelationshipLocalServiceImpl.java
index 29d5778b84fe8e..c655b6671a5627 100644
--- a/modules/apps/object/object-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/object/service/impl/ObjectRelationshipLocalServiceImpl.java
+++ b/modules/apps/object/object-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/object/service/impl/ObjectRelationshipLocalServiceImpl.java
@@ -1497,23 +1497,6 @@ private void _validateEdge(
 					"an edge of a root context");
 		}
 
-		int objectDefinition1ObjectEntriesCount =
-			_objectEntryLocalService.getObjectEntriesCount(
-				objectRelationship.getObjectDefinitionId1());
-		int objectDefinition2ObjectEntriesCount =
-			_objectEntryLocalService.getObjectEntriesCount(
-				objectRelationship.getObjectDefinitionId2());
-
-		if ((objectDefinition1ObjectEntriesCount > 0) ||
-			(objectDefinition2ObjectEntriesCount > 0)) {
-
-			throw new ObjectRelationshipEdgeException(
-				StringBundler.concat(
-					"Object relationship must not be between object ",
-					"definitions that contains object entries to be an edge ",
-					"of a root context"));
-		}
-
 		ObjectDefinitionLocalService objectDefinitionLocalService =
 			_objectDefinitionLocalServiceSnapshot.get();