diff --git a/mod-defaults/bad-missing-default-stream.yaml b/mod-defaults/bad-missing-default-stream.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cd08211a..000000000
--- a/mod-defaults/bad-missing-default-stream.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Intents optional:
-document: modulemd-defaults
-version: 1
-data:
-    module: httpd
-    stream: '2.6'
-    profiles:
-        '2.4': [client, server]
-    intents:
-        workstation:
-            stream: '2.2'
-            profiles:
-                '2.2': [client]
-                '2.6': [client, server, bindings]
diff --git a/mod-defaults/spec.v1.yaml b/mod-defaults/spec.v1.yaml
index 6049829f9..cc30d5d10 100644
--- a/mod-defaults/spec.v1.yaml
+++ b/mod-defaults/spec.v1.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ data:
     # Module profiles indexed by the stream name, optional
     # This is a dictionary of stream names to a list of default profiles to be
     # installed.
-    # You need to specify an entry for at least the default stream, the empty
-    # list is valid.
     profiles:
         'x.y': []
         bar: [baz, snafu]
diff --git a/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-emitter-defaults.c b/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-emitter-defaults.c
index f6dc9e52a..a6c4f92d3 100644
--- a/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-emitter-defaults.c
+++ b/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-emitter-defaults.c
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ _emit_defaults_root (yaml_emitter_t *emitter,
   yaml_event_t event;
   guint64 mdversion = modulemd_defaults_peek_version (defaults);
   const gchar *module_name = modulemd_defaults_peek_module_name (defaults);
-  const gchar *default_stream =
-    modulemd_defaults_peek_default_stream (defaults);
-  GHashTable *profile_defaults =
-    modulemd_defaults_peek_profile_defaults (defaults);
   gchar *name = NULL;
   gchar *value = NULL;
 
@@ -109,27 +105,6 @@ _emit_defaults_root (yaml_emitter_t *emitter,
       MMD_YAML_EMITTER_ERROR_RETURN (error, "Module name is missing");
     }
 
-  if (default_stream && !(default_stream[0]))
-    {
-      /* Ensure that the default profile is references in the profiles
-       * section
-       */
-      profile_defaults = modulemd_defaults_peek_profile_defaults (defaults);
-      if (!g_hash_table_contains (profile_defaults, default_stream))
-        {
-          MMD_YAML_EMITTER_ERROR_RETURN (
-            error, "Default stream missing from profile defaults");
-        }
-    }
-
-  if (default_stream &&
-      !(g_hash_table_contains (profile_defaults, default_stream)))
-    {
-      /* Profile defaults are missing the default stream */
-      MMD_YAML_EMITTER_ERROR_RETURN (
-        error, "Module default stream is missing from profile defaults");
-    }
-
   yaml_mapping_start_event_initialize (
     &event, NULL, NULL, 1, YAML_BLOCK_MAPPING_STYLE);
 
diff --git a/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-parser-defaults.c b/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-parser-defaults.c
index 353ef64a3..1b8193b43 100644
--- a/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-parser-defaults.c
+++ b/modulemd/modulemd-yaml-parser-defaults.c
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ _parse_defaults (yaml_parser_t *parser,
   gboolean done = FALSE;
   gboolean result = FALSE;
   const gchar *module_name = NULL;
-  const gchar *default_stream = NULL;
   guint64 mdversion;
-  GHashTable *profile_defaults = NULL;
   ModulemdDefaults *defaults = NULL;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, FALSE);
@@ -182,27 +180,13 @@ _parse_defaults (yaml_parser_t *parser,
    * imported
    */
 
-  /* Ensure that the module name and default stream are set */
+  /* Ensure that the module name is set */
   module_name = modulemd_defaults_peek_module_name (defaults);
   if (!module_name || !(module_name[0]))
     {
       MMD_YAML_ERROR_RETURN (error, "Module name not specified");
     }
 
-  default_stream = modulemd_defaults_peek_default_stream (defaults);
-  if (default_stream && default_stream[0])
-    {
-      /* Ensure that the default profile is references in the profiles
-       * section
-       */
-      profile_defaults = modulemd_defaults_peek_profile_defaults (defaults);
-      if (!g_hash_table_contains (profile_defaults, default_stream))
-        {
-          MMD_YAML_ERROR_RETURN (
-            error, "Default stream missing from profile defaults");
-        }
-    }
-
   *object = g_object_ref (G_OBJECT (defaults));
   result = TRUE;
 
diff --git a/modulemd/test-modulemd-defaults.c b/modulemd/test-modulemd-defaults.c
index 01f7da890..bca54eaec 100644
--- a/modulemd/test-modulemd-defaults.c
+++ b/modulemd/test-modulemd-defaults.c
@@ -411,29 +411,6 @@ modulemd_defaults_test_good_ex4 (DefaultsFixture *fixture,
 }
 
 
-static void
-modulemd_defaults_test_missing_default_from_profile (DefaultsFixture *fixture,
-                                                     gconstpointer user_data)
-{
-  gboolean result = FALSE;
-  gchar *yaml_path = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *objects = NULL;
-  GError *error = NULL;
-
-  yaml_path =
-    g_strdup_printf ("%s/mod-defaults/bad-missing-default-stream.yaml",
-                     g_getenv ("MESON_SOURCE_ROOT"));
-  g_assert_nonnull (yaml_path);
-
-  result = parse_yaml_file (yaml_path, &objects, &error);
-  g_free (yaml_path);
-  g_assert_true (result);
-
-  g_assert_cmpint (objects->len, ==, 0);
-  g_clear_pointer (&objects, g_ptr_array_unref);
-}
-
-
 static void
 modulemd_defaults_test_copy (DefaultsFixture *fixture, gconstpointer user_data)
 {
@@ -948,14 +925,5 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
               modulemd_regressions_issue45,
               NULL);
 
-  g_test_add (
-    "/modulemd/defaults/modulemd_defaults_test_bad_examples/"
-    "default_stream_profile",
-    DefaultsFixture,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    modulemd_defaults_test_missing_default_from_profile,
-    NULL);
-
   return g_test_run ();
 };