diff --git a/freezer/job.py b/freezer/job.py
index db441ece..d343989e 100644
--- a/freezer/job.py
+++ b/freezer/job.py
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class BackupJob(Job):
                     LOG.error('Error while sync exec: {0}'.format(err))
         except Exception as error:
             LOG.error('Error while sync exec: {0}'.format(error))
-        if not self.conf.mode:
-            raise ValueError("Empty mode")
+
         mod_name = 'freezer.mode.{0}.{1}'.format(
             self.conf.mode, self.conf.mode.capitalize() + 'Mode')
         app_mode = importutils.import_object(mod_name, self.conf)
diff --git a/freezer/tests/unit/test_job.py b/freezer/tests/unit/test_job.py
index ef80a1d0..25013fe5 100644
--- a/freezer/tests/unit/test_job.py
+++ b/freezer/tests/unit/test_job.py
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ class TestBackupJob(TestJob):
         job = jobs.BackupJob(backup_opt, backup_opt.storage)
         self.assertRaises(Exception, job.execute)  # noqa
 
-    def test_execute_raise(self):
-        backup_opt = commons.BackupOpt1()
-        backup_opt.no_incremental = False
-        backup_opt.mode = None
-        job = jobs.BackupJob(backup_opt, backup_opt.storage)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, job.execute)  # noqa
-
 
 class TestAdminJob(TestJob):
     def setUp(self):