diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn.java
index 86b061cb72..2725f4273e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn.java
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ public class AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn extends AnnotatedColumn {
 				case CHAR:
 					column.setDiscriminatorTypeName( "character" );
 					column.setImplicit( false );
-					if ( discriminatorColumn != null && discriminatorColumn.length() != 1 && discriminatorColumn.length() != 31 ) {
-						throw new AssertionFailure( "Length for CHAR discriminator should always be 1" );
-					}
 					column.setLength( 1L );
 					break;
 				case INTEGER: