diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.cpp b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.cpp
index cb1a7520..9f8e80b7 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.cpp
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.cpp
@@ -5470,9 +5470,6 @@ static int declargs(symbol *sym, int chkshadow, const int *thistag)
 
       check_void_decl(&decl, TRUE);
 
-      if (decl.is_new && (sym->usage & uNATIVE) && decl.type.tag == pc_anytag)
-        error(156);
-
       if (decl.type.ident == iVARARGS) {
         assert(decl.type.numtags > 0);
         if ((sym->usage & uPROTOTYPED)==0) {
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5-in.scp b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5-in.scp
index f7ec5a24..8d905438 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5-in.scp
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5-in.scp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static const char *errmsg[] = {
 /*153*/  "cannot use non-public functions as callbacks\n",
 /*154*/  "cannot assign INVALID_FUNCTION to a non-function type\n",
 /*155*/  "expected newline, but found '%s'\n",
-/*156*/  "the 'any' type is not allowed in new-style natives\n",
+/*156*/  "unused156\n",
 /*157*/  "'%s' is a reserved keyword\n",
 /*158*/  "multi-tags are no longer supported\n",
 #else
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.sp b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.sp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bcb9934..00000000
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.sp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-native Crab(any x);
-
-public main()
-{
-}
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.txt b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 81c80557..00000000
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-any-in-new-native.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-(1) : error 156: the 'any' type is not allowed in new-style natives