diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/nlb/network-target-group.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/nlb/network-target-group.ts
index 0f254e46486d5..07b651cac8382 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/nlb/network-target-group.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/nlb/network-target-group.ts
@@ -259,14 +259,6 @@ export class NetworkTargetGroup extends TargetGroupBase implements INetworkTarge
       }
     }
 
-    if (healthCheck.healthyThresholdCount && healthCheck.unhealthyThresholdCount &&
-      healthCheck.healthyThresholdCount !== healthCheck.unhealthyThresholdCount) {
-      ret.push([
-        `Healthy and Unhealthy Threshold Counts must be the same: ${healthCheck.healthyThresholdCount}`,
-        `is not equal to ${healthCheck.unhealthyThresholdCount}.`,
-      ].join(' '));
-    }
-
     if (!healthCheck.protocol) {
       return ret;
     }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/target-group.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/target-group.test.ts
index cd44982380734..2bff7359e74bf 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/target-group.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/target-group.test.ts
@@ -542,26 +542,6 @@ describe('tests', () => {
     }).toThrow(/Unhealthy Threshold Count '1' not supported. Must be a number between 2 and 10./);
   });
 
-  test('Throws error for unequal healthy and unhealthy threshold counts', () => {
-    const app = new cdk.App();
-    const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'Stack');
-    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'Vpc');
-
-    new elbv2.NetworkTargetGroup(stack, 'Group', {
-      vpc,
-      port: 80,
-      healthCheck: {
-        protocol: elbv2.Protocol.TCP,
-        healthyThresholdCount: 5,
-        unhealthyThresholdCount: 3,
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(() => {
-      app.synth();
-    }).toThrow(/Healthy and Unhealthy Threshold Counts must be the same: 5 is not equal to 3./);
-  });
-
   test('Exercise metrics', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();