diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipEntry.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
index 86c1bfff6..8e900d8be 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
@@ -719,17 +719,13 @@ public long Crc
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets/Sets the compression method.
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <remarks>Throws exception when set if the method is not valid as per <see cref="IsCompressionMethodSupported()"/></remarks>
-		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"/>
 		/// <returns>
 		/// The compression method for this entry
 		/// </returns>
 		public CompressionMethod CompressionMethod
 		{
 			get => method;
-			set => method = !IsCompressionMethodSupported(value)
-					? throw new NotSupportedException("Compression method not supported")
-					: value;
+			set => method = value;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>