diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f011518..5e2e99c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -292,9 +292,6 @@ function validateInputs() {
             if ((!TIMEOUT_MINUTES && !TIMEOUT_SECONDS) || (TIMEOUT_MINUTES && TIMEOUT_SECONDS)) {
                 throw new Error('Must specify either timeout_minutes or timeout_seconds inputs');
             }
-            if (TIMEOUT_SECONDS && TIMEOUT_SECONDS < RETRY_WAIT_SECONDS) {
-                throw new Error("timeout_seconds " + TIMEOUT_SECONDS + "s less than retry_wait_seconds " + RETRY_WAIT_SECONDS + "s");
-            }
             return [2 /*return*/];
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5dc4067..a9acda1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ async function validateInputs() {
   if ((!TIMEOUT_MINUTES && !TIMEOUT_SECONDS) || (TIMEOUT_MINUTES && TIMEOUT_SECONDS)) {
     throw new Error('Must specify either timeout_minutes or timeout_seconds inputs');
   }
-
-  if (TIMEOUT_SECONDS && TIMEOUT_SECONDS < RETRY_WAIT_SECONDS) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `timeout_seconds ${TIMEOUT_SECONDS}s less than retry_wait_seconds ${RETRY_WAIT_SECONDS}s`
-    );
-  }
 }
 
 function getTimeout(): number {