diff --git a/components/camel-twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/twitter/producer/UserProducer.java b/components/camel-twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/twitter/producer/UserProducer.java
index 7e809dd9e216b..2967738c0bf41 100644
--- a/components/camel-twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/twitter/producer/UserProducer.java
+++ b/components/camel-twitter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/twitter/producer/UserProducer.java
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ private Status updateStatus(StatusUpdate status) throws Exception {
     }
 
     private Status updateStatus(String status) throws Exception {
-        if (status.length() > 160) {
-            log.warn("Message is longer than 160 characters. Message will be truncated!");
-            status = status.substring(0, 160);
-        }
-
         Status response = endpoint.getProperties().getTwitter().updateStatus(status);
         log.debug("Updated status: {}", status);
         log.debug("Status id: {}", response.getId());