diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e6688bb6791..dae787ab53f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - Posix:
   . Added validity check to the flags argument for posix_access(). (arshidkv12)
-  . Added validity check to the permissions argument for posix_mkfifo().
-    (arshidkv12)
 
 - Reflection:
   . Fixed bug GH-20217 (ReflectionClass::isIterable() incorrectly returns true
diff --git a/ext/posix/posix.c b/ext/posix/posix.c
index a81372349fd..76e14f6ecb0 100644
--- a/ext/posix/posix.c
+++ b/ext/posix/posix.c
@@ -621,11 +621,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(posix_mkfifo)
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (mode < 0 || (mode & ~07777)) {
-		zend_argument_value_error(2, "must be between 0 and 0o7777");
-		RETURN_THROWS();
-	}
-
 	result = mkfifo(ZSTR_VAL(path), mode);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		POSIX_G(last_error) = errno;
diff --git a/ext/posix/tests/posix_mkfifo_invalid_mode.phpt b/ext/posix/tests/posix_mkfifo_invalid_mode.phpt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c9f251adfc..00000000000
--- a/ext/posix/tests/posix_mkfifo_invalid_mode.phpt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-posix_mkfifo(): invalid mode argument
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists("posix_mkfifo")) {
-    die("skip no posix_mkfifo()");
-}
-?>
---FILE--
-<?php
-
-// Negative mode
-try {
-    posix_mkfifo(__DIR__ . "/testfifo1", -1);
-} catch (ValueError $e) {
-    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
-}
-
-// Too large mode
-try {
-    posix_mkfifo(__DIR__ . "/testfifo2", 010000); // > 07777
-} catch (ValueError $e) {
-    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
-}
-
-// Garbage bits
-try {
-    posix_mkfifo(__DIR__ . "/testfifo3", 020000); // S_IFCHR bit
-} catch (ValueError $e) {
-    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
-}
-?>
---EXPECTF--
-posix_mkfifo(): Argument #2 ($permissions) must be between 0 and 0o7777
-posix_mkfifo(): Argument #2 ($permissions) must be between 0 and 0o7777
-posix_mkfifo(): Argument #2 ($permissions) must be between 0 and 0o7777