diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 9429a179..15e91372 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const {spawn, execSync} = require('child_process');
+const {spawn} = require('child_process');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const {join} = require('path');
 const shellescape = require('any-shell-escape');
@@ -32,20 +32,6 @@ const main = async () => {
     if (cliOptions.dryRun) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.log('Running in dry mode.');
-    } else {
-      try {
-        /**
-         * @author https://github.com/rodrigograca31
-         * @see https://github.com/streamich/git-cz/issues/177
-         *
-         * It exits with 1 if there were differences and 0 means no differences.
-         * Because of that we negate it to only throw an error if there's no files staged
-         * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/367069/how-can-i-negate-the-return-value-of-a-process
-         */
-        execSync('! git diff HEAD --staged --quiet --exit-code');
-      } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error('No files staged.');
-      }
     }
 
     const state = createState({disableEmoji: cliOptions.disableEmoji});