diff --git a/rtengine/procparams.cc b/rtengine/procparams.cc
index 1ac64a271..13acd6578 100644
--- a/rtengine/procparams.cc
+++ b/rtengine/procparams.cc
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ if (keyFile.has_group ("Exposure")) {
 	if (keyFile.has_key ("Exposure", "Saturation"))     toneCurve.saturation    = keyFile.get_integer ("Exposure", "Saturation");
 	if (keyFile.has_key ("Exposure", "Black"))          toneCurve.black         = keyFile.get_integer ("Exposure", "Black");
     if (keyFile.has_key ("Exposure", "HighlightCompr")) toneCurve.hlcompr       = keyFile.get_integer ("Exposure", "HighlightCompr");
-    if (toneCurve.hlcompr > 100) toneCurve.hlcompr = 100; // older pp3 files can have values above 100.
     if (keyFile.has_key ("Exposure", "HighlightComprThreshold")) toneCurve.hlcomprthresh = keyFile.get_integer ("Exposure", "HighlightComprThreshold");
     if (keyFile.has_key ("Exposure", "ShadowCompr"))    toneCurve.shcompr       = keyFile.get_integer ("Exposure", "ShadowCompr");
     if (toneCurve.shcompr > 100) toneCurve.shcompr = 100; // older pp3 files can have values above 100.