diff --git a/src/accelerate/commands/launch.py b/src/accelerate/commands/launch.py
index f82845bd64a..f93d38c8a57 100644
--- a/src/accelerate/commands/launch.py
+++ b/src/accelerate/commands/launch.py
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ def deepspeed_launcher(args):
 
 def tpu_launcher(args):
     import torch_xla.distributed.xla_multiprocessing as xmp
-    from torch_xla import device_count
 
     if args.no_python:
         raise ValueError("--no_python cannot be used with TPU launcher")
@@ -898,10 +897,6 @@ def tpu_launcher(args):
             f"Your training script should have a function named {args.main_training_function}, or you should pass a "
             "different value to `--main_training_function`."
         )
-    if args.num_processes and args.num_processes != device_count():
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Number of processes ({args.num_processes}) must match the number of TPU devices ({device_count()})"
-        )
 
     # Patch sys.argv
     sys.argv = [mod.__file__] + args.training_script_args