diff --git a/src/Angular2Apollo.ts b/src/Angular2Apollo.ts
index 82f5062d2..d8e7de790 100644
--- a/src/Angular2Apollo.ts
+++ b/src/Angular2Apollo.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ export class Angular2Apollo {
   }
 
   public subscribe(options: SubscriptionOptions): Observable<any> {
-    // XXX Try to remove it soon
-    if (typeof this.client.subscribe === 'undefined') {
-      throw new Error(`Your version of ApolloClient doesn't support subscriptions`);
-    }
-
     return from(this.client.subscribe(options));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/Angular2Apollo.spec.ts b/tests/Angular2Apollo.spec.ts
index b7cde3684..9f477d7ff 100644
--- a/tests/Angular2Apollo.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/Angular2Apollo.spec.ts
@@ -220,14 +220,6 @@ describe('angular2Apollo', () => {
     });
 
     describe('subscribe', () => {
-      it('should throw an error if method is missing', () => {
-        client.subscribe = undefined;
-
-        expect(() => {
-          angular2Apollo.subscribe({});
-        }).toThrowError('subscriptions');
-      });
-
       it('should be called with the same options and return Observable', (done: jest.DoneCallback) => {
         const options = {query: '', variables: {}};