diff --git a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/validateInput.js b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/validateInput.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b8776ad0..000000000
--- a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/validateInput.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
-
-module.exports = {
-  validateInput() {
-    if (!this.serverless.service.resources.aws.Resources) {
-      throw new this.serverless.Error(
-        'This plugin needs access to Resources section of the AWS CloudFormation template');
-    }
-
-    return BbPromise.resolve();
-  },
-};
-
-
diff --git a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/all.js b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/all.js
index e369a3ef9..a9db12903 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/all.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/all.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 require('./awsCompileApigEvents');
-require('./validateInput');
 require('./compilePermissions');
 require('./compileRestApi');
 require('./compileDeployment');
diff --git a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/validateInput.js b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/validateInput.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c80d62f74..000000000
--- a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/tests/validateInput.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const expect = require('chai').expect;
-const AwsCompileApigEvents = require('../awsCompileApigEvents');
-const Serverless = require('../../../Serverless');
-
-describe('#validate()', () => {
-  let serverless;
-  let awsCompileApigEvents;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    serverless = new Serverless();
-    serverless.init();
-    serverless.service.resources = { aws: {} };
-    awsCompileApigEvents = new AwsCompileApigEvents(serverless);
-  });
-
-  it('should throw an error if the AWS Resources section is not ' +
-    'available in the service object', () => {
-    expect(() => awsCompileApigEvents.validateInput()).to.throw(Error);
-  });
-});
-