diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/clock/causal_clock.c b/src/backend/distributed/clock/causal_clock.c
index 9f069a78a..eb3de9353 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/clock/causal_clock.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/clock/causal_clock.c
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ PrepareAndSetTransactionClock(void)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	RequireTransactionBlock(true, "citus_get_transaction_clock");
-
 	dlist_iter iter;
 	List *transactionNodeList = NIL;
 	List *nodeList = NIL;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/clock.out b/src/test/regress/expected/clock.out
index 7c833d6e6..5ae4fcc45 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/clock.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/clock.out
@@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ SELECT ABS(:epoch - cluster_clock_logical(:'latest_clock')) < 25;
  t
 (1 row)
 
--- This should fail as there is no explicit transaction
-SELECT citus_get_transaction_clock();
-ERROR:  citus_get_transaction_clock can only be used in transaction blocks
 BEGIN;
 SELECT citus_get_transaction_clock();
  citus_get_transaction_clock
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/clock.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/clock.sql
index 711f5bac7..7d9d996c9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/clock.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/clock.sql
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ SELECT (extract(epoch from now()) * 1000)::bigint AS epoch,
 -- Returns true
 SELECT ABS(:epoch - cluster_clock_logical(:'latest_clock')) < 25;
 
--- This should fail as there is no explicit transaction
-SELECT citus_get_transaction_clock();
-
 BEGIN;
 SELECT citus_get_transaction_clock();
 END;