diff --git a/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py b/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
index 86e6d7f3..655c602f 100644
--- a/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -223,13 +223,3 @@ class TestUtils(TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError,
                           utils.convert_data,
                           data=data_dict)
-
-    @mock.patch('yaml.safe_load', return_value=fakes.FAKE_PLAYBOOK3)
-    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
-    @mock.patch('glob.glob')
-    def test_playbook_without_groups(self, mock_glob, mock_open, mock_load):
-        mock_glob.return_value = \
-            ['/foo/playbook/foo.yaml']
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError,
-                          utils.parse_all_validations_on_disk,
-                          "/foo/playbook")
diff --git a/validations_libs/utils.py b/validations_libs/utils.py
index 0d45188d..cd74727c 100644
--- a/validations_libs/utils.py
+++ b/validations_libs/utils.py
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ def parse_all_validations_on_disk(path, groups=None):
 
     for pl in validations_abspath:
         val = Validation(pl)
-        if not val.groups:
-            msg = 'Group not found in playbook - please add appropriate group'
-            raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
         if not groups or set(groups).intersection(val.groups):
             results.append(val.get_metadata)