diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
index 95ff1232ed..9fdbbf4dc6 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ typedef bool (*esp_lcd_panel_io_color_trans_done_cb_t)(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t
  */
 typedef struct {
     int cs_gpio_num; /*!< GPIO used for CS line */
-    int dc_gpio_num; /*!< GPIO used to select the D/C line, set this to -1 if the D/C line not controlled by manually pulling high/low GPIO */
+    int dc_gpio_num; /*!< GPIO used to select the D/C line, set this to -1 if the D/C line is not used */
     int spi_mode;    /*!< Traditional SPI mode (0~3) */
     unsigned int pclk_hz;    /*!< Frequency of pixel clock */
     size_t trans_queue_depth; /*!< Size of internal transaction queue */
diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_spi.c b/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_spi.c
index 058e22c707..677a14ca9d 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_spi.c
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_spi.c
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ esp_err_t esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi(esp_lcd_spi_bus_handle_t bus, const esp_lcd_p
     esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
     esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_t *spi_panel_io = NULL;
     ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(bus && io_config && ret_io, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, err, TAG, "invalid argument");
-    // at the moment, the hardware doesn't support 9-bit SPI LCD, but in the future, there will be such a feature
-    // so for now, we will force the user to use the GPIO to control the LCD's D/C line.
-    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(io_config->dc_gpio_num >= 0, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, err, TAG, "invalid DC mode");
     spi_panel_io = calloc(1, sizeof(esp_lcd_panel_io_spi_t) + sizeof(lcd_spi_trans_descriptor_t) * io_config->trans_queue_depth);
     ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(spi_panel_io, ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "no mem for spi panel io");