diff --git a/experimental/ssh/cmd/connect.go b/experimental/ssh/cmd/connect.go
index 4eca1aee7b..02b69d4297 100644
--- a/experimental/ssh/cmd/connect.go
+++ b/experimental/ssh/cmd/connect.go
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ the SSH server and handling the connection proxy.
 			return errors.New("--accelerator flag can only be used with serverless compute (--name flag)")
 		}
 
-		// Remove when we add support for serverless CPU
-		if connectionName != "" && accelerator == "" {
-			return errors.New("--name flag requires --accelerator to be set (for now we only support serverless GPU compute)")
-		}
-
 		// TODO: validate connectionName if provided
 
 		opts := client.ClientOptions{