diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
index 88641130e87bc2188acce4d4facfdfb89a6fb869..12d6930d9d039eb9a2fbd75929f6c591f34309ea 100755
--- a/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@ class OpenSKInstaller:
     final_hex.tofile(dest_file, format="hex")
 
   def check_prerequisites(self):
-    if not tockloader.__version__.startswith("1.4."):
-      fatal(("Your version of tockloader seems incompatible: found {}, "
-             "expected 1.4.x.".format(tockloader.__version__)))
+#    if not tockloader.__version__.startswith("1.4."):
+#      fatal(("Your version of tockloader seems incompatible: found {}, "
+#             "expected 1.4.x.".format(tockloader.__version__)))
 
     if self.args.programmer == "jlink":
       assert_mandatory_binary("JLinkExe")