diff --git a/include/asm/output.h b/include/asm/output.h
index 46fffb3b..f888f6bd 100644
--- a/include/asm/output.h
+++ b/include/asm/output.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void out_AbsByteGroup(char *s, int32_t length);
 void out_RelByte(struct Expression *expr);
 void out_RelWord(struct Expression *expr);
 void out_PCRelByte(struct Expression *expr);
-void out_CheckErrors(void);
 void out_WriteObject(void);
 void out_Skip(int32_t skip);
 void out_BinaryFile(char *s);
diff --git a/src/asm/main.c b/src/asm/main.c
index 669e389a..f74b8277 100644
--- a/src/asm/main.c
+++ b/src/asm/main.c
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			       (int)(60 / timespent * nTotalLines));
 	}
 
-	out_CheckErrors();
 	/* If no path specified, don't write file */
 	if (tzObjectname != NULL)
 		out_WriteObject();
diff --git a/src/asm/output.c b/src/asm/output.c
index 0c34e3e8..1f8c4c96 100644
--- a/src/asm/output.c
+++ b/src/asm/output.c
@@ -526,34 +526,6 @@ static void checksectionoverflow(uint32_t delta_size)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Check for errors that could happen while writing an object file
- * This is important as out_WriteObject is skipped entirely when `-o` is omitted
- * Therefore, errors such as memory allocations still should be handled in
- * out_WriteObject and not here
- */
-void out_CheckErrors(void)
-{
-	/* Local symbols cannot be imported from elsewhere */
-	struct PatchSymbol *pSym = pPatchSymbols;
-
-	while (pSym) {
-		struct sSymbol const *pSymbol = pSym->pSymbol;
-
-		if (!(pSymbol->nType & SYMF_DEFINED)
-		   && pSymbol->nType & SYMF_LOCAL) {
-			char const *name = pSymbol->tzName;
-			char const *localPtr = strchr(name, '.');
-
-			if (localPtr)
-				name = localPtr;
-			errx(1, "%s(%u) : '%s' not defined",
-			     pSymbol->tzFileName, pSymbol->nFileLine, name);
-		}
-		pSym = pSym->pNext;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Write an objectfile
  */
diff --git a/test/asm/undefined-dot.err b/test/asm/undefined-dot.err
index 511659b7..e69de29b 100644
--- a/test/asm/undefined-dot.err
+++ b/test/asm/undefined-dot.err
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-error: undefined-dot.asm(3) : '.' not defined