1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/vespa-maven-plugin/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/plugin/DeployMojo.java b/vespa-maven-plugin/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/plugin/DeployMojo.java
index 69d4d6001d0..3ca628cdc84 100644
--- a/vespa-maven-plugin/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/plugin/DeployMojo.java
+++ b/vespa-maven-plugin/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/plugin/DeployMojo.java
@@ -38,19 +38,10 @@ public class DeployMojo extends AbstractVespaDeploymentMojo {
 
     @Override
     protected void doExecute() throws MojoFailureException, MojoExecutionException {
-        try {
-            controller.compileVersion(id);
-        }
-        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            throw new MojoFailureException( "The application " + id.tenant() + "." + id.application() + " does not exist, "
-                                          + "or you do not have the required privileges to access it; "
-                                          + "please visit the Vespa cloud web UI and make sure the application exists and you have access!");
-        }
-
         loggable = DeploymentLog.Level.valueOf(vespaLogLevel);
         Deployment deployment = Deployment.ofPackage(Paths.get(firstNonBlank(applicationZip,
                                                                              projectPathOf("target", "application.zip"))));
-        if (!isNullOrBlank(vespaVersion)) deployment = deployment.atVersion(vespaVersion);
+        if ( ! isNullOrBlank(vespaVersion)) deployment = deployment.atVersion(vespaVersion);
 
         ZoneId zone = zoneOf(environment, region);
         DeploymentResult result = controller.deploy(deployment, id, zone);