diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index 1930fec049a..6db7cc4eccb 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -732,7 +732,6 @@ def getlength(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.orientation in (Image.Transpose.ROTATE_90, Image.Transpose.ROTATE_270):
             msg = "text length is undefined for text rotated by 90 or 270 degrees"
             raise ValueError(msg)
-        _string_length_check(text)
         return self.font.getlength(text, *args, **kwargs)