diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke/Beatmaps/Formats/LrcEncoder.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke/Beatmaps/Formats/LrcEncoder.cs
index 9ee473c2d..44d7b65e1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke/Beatmaps/Formats/LrcEncoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke/Beatmaps/Formats/LrcEncoder.cs
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ private LyricLine encodeLyric(Objects.Lyric lyric) =>
 
         private IEnumerable<TimeTag> convertTimeTag(string text, IReadOnlyDictionary<TimeTagIndex, double> tags)
         {
-            if (tags == null || !tags.Any())
-                throw new ArgumentNullException($"{nameof(tags)} cannot be null.");
-
             var totalTags = text.Length * 2 + 2;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < totalTags; i++)