diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/heap.c b/dlls/ntdll/heap.c
index afe38eddaa8..6688fab9690 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/heap.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/heap.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,6 @@ static NTSTATUS heap_resize_large( struct heap *heap, ULONG flags, struct block
     SIZE_T old_block_size = large->block_size;
     *old_size = large->data_size;
 
-    if (block_size < HEAP_MIN_LARGE_BLOCK_SIZE / 4) return STATUS_NO_MEMORY;  /* shrinking large block to small block */
     if (old_block_size < block_size) return STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 
     /* FIXME: we could remap zero-pages instead */