diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/typeck/check.rs b/src/rustc/middle/typeck/check.rs
index b3f7c5a93885..70167192afc8 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/typeck/check.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/typeck/check.rs
@@ -387,12 +387,6 @@ fn check_item(ccx: @crate_ctxt, it: @ast::item) {
           };
           // typecheck the members
           for members.each {|m| check_class_member(class_ccx, class_t, m); }
-          // Check that there's at least one field
-          let (fields,_) = split_class_items(members);
-          if fields.len() < 1u {
-              ccx.tcx.sess.span_err(it.span, "A class must have at least one \
-                field");
-          }
           // Check that the class is instantiable
           check_instantiable(ccx.tcx, it.span, it.id);
       }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2509-a.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2509-a.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a500d249c07a..000000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2509-a.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-class c { //! ERROR A class must have at least one field
-    new() { }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let a = c();
-    let x = [a];
-    let _y = x[0];
-}