diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
index 483ff646860ce..25a6ba7c88938 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
@@ -237,10 +237,6 @@ func (p *noder) pragma(pos syntax.Pos, blankLine bool, text string, old syntax.P
 			p.error(syntax.Error{Pos: pos, Msg: "usage: //go:wasmimport importmodule importname"})
 			break
 		}
-		if !base.Flag.CompilingRuntime && base.Ctxt.Pkgpath != "syscall/js" && base.Ctxt.Pkgpath != "syscall/js_test" && base.Ctxt.Pkgpath != "syscall" {
-			p.error(syntax.Error{Pos: pos, Msg: "//go:wasmimport directive cannot be used outside of runtime or syscall/js"})
-			break
-		}
 
 		if buildcfg.GOARCH == "wasm" {
 			// Only actually use them if we're compiling to WASM though.