1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/controller-server/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/controller/deployment/JobController.java b/controller-server/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/controller/deployment/JobController.java
index 007654b2a7c..5d8ad6594df 100644
--- a/controller-server/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/controller/deployment/JobController.java
+++ b/controller-server/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/controller/deployment/JobController.java
@@ -418,9 +418,6 @@ public class JobController {
 
     /** Orders a run of the given type, or throws an IllegalStateException if that job type is already running. */
     public void start(ApplicationId id, JobType type, Versions versions, JobProfile profile) {
-        if (profile != JobProfile.development && versions.targetApplication().isUnknown())
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(" Target application must be a valid reference");
-
         controller.applications().lockApplicationIfPresent(TenantAndApplicationId.from(id), application -> {
             locked(id, type, __ -> {
                 Optional<Run> last = last(id, type);
@@ -436,9 +433,6 @@ public class JobController {
 
     /** Stores the given package and starts a deployment of it, after aborting any such ongoing deployment. */
     public void deploy(ApplicationId id, JobType type, Optional<Version> platform, ApplicationPackage applicationPackage) {
-        if ( ! type.environment().isManuallyDeployed())
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Direct deployments are only allowed to manually deployed environments.");
-
         controller.applications().lockApplicationOrThrow(TenantAndApplicationId.from(id), application -> {
             if ( ! application.get().instances().containsKey(id.instance()))
                 application = controller.applications().withNewInstance(application, id);
@@ -546,6 +540,7 @@ public class JobController {
             application.get().productionDeployments().values().stream()
                        .flatMap(List::stream)
                        .map(Deployment::applicationVersion)
+                       .filter(version -> ! version.isUnknown())
                        .min(Comparator.comparingLong(applicationVersion -> applicationVersion.buildNumber().getAsLong()))
                        .ifPresent(oldestDeployed -> {
                            controller.applications().applicationStore().prune(id.tenant(), id.application(), oldestDeployed);