diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/HierarchicalTableGenerator.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/HierarchicalTableGenerator.java
index 0a814823f..b197b484b 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/HierarchicalTableGenerator.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/HierarchicalTableGenerator.java
@@ -857,7 +857,6 @@ public class HierarchicalTableGenerator extends TranslatingUtilities {
 
 
   private void checkModel(TableModel model) throws FHIRException  {
-    check(!model.getRows().isEmpty(), "Must have rows");
     check(!model.getTitles().isEmpty(), "Must have titles");
     int tc = 0;
     for (Cell c : model.getTitles()) {