diff --git a/ci/publish/publish_collection.yml b/ci/publish/publish_collection.yml
index 809c2d8f..4b74f953 100644
--- a/ci/publish/publish_collection.yml
+++ b/ci/publish/publish_collection.yml
@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@
         msg: "No tag was found in Zuul vars!"
       when: version_tag == 'no_version'
 
-    # Ansible Galaxy can accept only pure semver versions
-    # see https://semver.org for details
-    - name: Check that tag is proper semver
-      debug:
-        msg: >-
-          {{ version_tag is version('999.999.999', 'lt', version_type='semver') }}
-      ignore_errors: true
-      register: test_semver
-
-    - name: Fail if tag is not proper semver
-      fail:
-        msg: "Error is: {{ test_semver.msg }}"
-      when: test_semver is failed
-
     - name: Create a directory for collection
       file:
         state: "{{ item }}"