diff --git a/migrate.go b/migrate.go
index 465a96b..dcc4b29 100644
--- a/migrate.go
+++ b/migrate.go
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ const DefaultTableName = `version`
 // ErrUpdatesMissing indicates an update is missing, making it impossible to execute the migration
 var ErrUpdatesMissing = errors.New(`Missing migration files`)
 
-// ErrDatabaseNewer indicates that the database version is newer than the requested version. We throw an error because downgrades might cause dataloss
-var ErrDatabaseNewer = errors.New(`Current version is newer than the requested version`)
-
 const fileFormat = `%04d.sql`
 
 // AssetFunc is a function that returns the data for the given name
@@ -69,10 +66,6 @@ func Migrate(db *sql.DB, version int, o Options, asset AssetFunc) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if v > version {
-		return ErrDatabaseNewer
-	}
-
 	for i := v + 1; i <= version; i++ {
 		script, err := asset(fmt.Sprintf(o.AssetPrefix+fileFormat, i))
 		if err != nil {