diff --git a/pkg/machinepool/machinepool.go b/pkg/machinepool/machinepool.go
index acdfd26e73..5f382c784b 100644
--- a/pkg/machinepool/machinepool.go
+++ b/pkg/machinepool/machinepool.go
@@ -955,12 +955,10 @@ func (m *machinePool) AddNodePool(cmd *cobra.Command, clusterKey string, cluster
 			return fmt.Errorf("Expected a valid http tokens value : %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+
 	if err = ocm.ValidateHttpTokensValue(httpTokens); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Expected a valid http tokens value : %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := ocm.ValidateHttpTokensVersion(ocm.GetVersionMinor(version), httpTokens); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(err.Error())
-	}
 
 	npBuilder.AWSNodePool(createAwsNodePoolBuilder(instanceType, securityGroupIds, httpTokens, awsTags))