diff --git a/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc b/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
index a3b260fe28c1e63267eaad3d0d55ecfe9892cb53..3a3451d5b0862bbce23790004ba042b1fa1c61d2 100644
--- a/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
+++ b/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
@@ -135,14 +135,6 @@ StochSimulStatement::checkPass(ModFileStructure &mod_file_struct, WarningConsoli
       || mod_file_struct.order_option >= 3)
     mod_file_struct.k_order_solver = true;
 
-  // Check that option "pruning" is not used with k-order
-  it = options_list.num_options.find("pruning");
-  if ((it != options_list.num_options.end() && it->second == "1")
-      && mod_file_struct.k_order_solver)
-    {
-      cerr << "ERROR: in 'stoch_simul', you cannot use option 'pruning' with 'k_order_solver' option or with 3rd order approximation" << endl;
-      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
 }
 
 void