diff --git a/include/wx/filesys.h b/include/wx/filesys.h
index eb9a794e80..69311aebb0 100644
--- a/include/wx/filesys.h
+++ b/include/wx/filesys.h
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
 
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 
-#if !wxUSE_STREAMS
-#error You cannot compile virtual file systems without wxUSE_STREAMS
-#endif
-
-#if wxUSE_HTML && !wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-#error You cannot compile wxHTML without virtual file systems
-#endif
-
 #include "wx/stream.h"
 #include "wx/datetime.h"
 #include "wx/filename.h"