diff --git a/js/extensionPrefs/main.js b/js/extensionPrefs/main.js
index 88e639acb..f56e5b6d4 100644
--- a/js/extensionPrefs/main.js
+++ b/js/extensionPrefs/main.js
@@ -59,14 +59,10 @@ const Application = new Lang.Class({
 
     _extensionAvailable: function(uuid) {
         let extension = ExtensionUtils.extensions[uuid];
-        let checkVersion = !this._settings.get_boolean('disable-extension-version-validation');
 
         if (!extension)
             return false;
 
-        if (checkVersion && ExtensionUtils.isOutOfDate(extension))
-            return false;
-
         if (!extension.dir.get_child('prefs.js').query_exists(null))
             return false;