diff --git a/apps/nogui/nushell/tangled.nu b/apps/nogui/nushell/tangled.nu
index 3d09d3791aa5e53a56ad79bfb182c6c81d31c1c2..7ef73c0326ff8eef5f890da57c5603680ee32c5c 100644
--- a/apps/nogui/nushell/tangled.nu
+++ b/apps/nogui/nushell/tangled.nu
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@   if ($description != null) {
     $_desc = $description
   }
 
-  if ($_content == null or $_content == "") {
-    error make {msg: "Cannot create a string with no content"}
-  }
-
   let payload = ({
     "$type": "sh.tangled.string",
     "contents": $_content,