diff --git a/cql3/statements/alter_table_statement.cc b/cql3/statements/alter_table_statement.cc
index 51e89636e9..e43479cb3c 100644
--- a/cql3/statements/alter_table_statement.cc
+++ b/cql3/statements/alter_table_statement.cc
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ static const sstring ALTER_TABLE_FEATURE = "ALTER TABLE";
 future<bool> alter_table_statement::announce_migration(distributed<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, bool is_local_only)
 {
     auto& db = proxy.local().get_db().local();
-    db.get_config().check_experimental(ALTER_TABLE_FEATURE);
-
     auto schema = validation::validate_column_family(db, keyspace(), column_family());
     auto cfm = schema_builder(schema);