diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
index dd02e3cc337..4840eb7d49b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
@@ -341,13 +341,6 @@ static std::vector<Project> extractProjects(const QJsonArray &projects, QString
 
 static std::vector<Target> extractTargets(const QJsonArray &targets, QString &errorMessage)
 {
-    if (targets.isEmpty()) {
-        errorMessage
-            = QCoreApplication::translate("CMakeProjectManager::Internal",
-                                          "Invalid codemodel file generated by CMake: No targets.");
-        return {};
-    }
-
     std::vector<Target> result;
     for (const QJsonValue &v : targets) {
         const QJsonObject obj = v.toObject();