diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/ml_model_deployment_common.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/ml_model_deployment_common.ts
index 59498b4d8587a..84af615841eaf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/ml_model_deployment_common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/ml_model_deployment_common.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { ELASTIC_MODEL_DEFINITIONS } from '@kbn/ml-trained-models-utils';
-
 import {
   ElasticsearchResponseError,
   isNotFoundException,
   isResourceNotFoundException,
 } from '../../utils/identify_exceptions';
 
-export const acceptableModelNames = Object.keys(ELASTIC_MODEL_DEFINITIONS);
-
 export function isNotFoundExceptionError(error: unknown): boolean {
   return (
     isResourceNotFoundException(error as ElasticsearchResponseError) ||
@@ -23,20 +19,3 @@ export function isNotFoundExceptionError(error: unknown): boolean {
     error?.statusCode === 404
   );
 }
-
-export function throwIfNotAcceptableModelName(modelName: string) {
-  if (!acceptableModelNames.includes(modelName)) {
-    const notFoundError: ElasticsearchResponseError = {
-      meta: {
-        body: {
-          error: {
-            type: 'resource_not_found_exception',
-          },
-        },
-        statusCode: 404,
-      },
-      name: 'ResponseError',
-    };
-    throw notFoundError;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_deployment.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_deployment.ts
index 75bac93c2d200..4f65dbf9ced64 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_deployment.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_deployment.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ import { MlTrainedModels } from '@kbn/ml-plugin/server';
 import { MlModelDeploymentStatus, MlModelDeploymentState } from '../../../common/types/ml';
 
 import { getMlModelDeploymentStatus } from './get_ml_model_deployment_status';
-import {
-  isNotFoundExceptionError,
-  throwIfNotAcceptableModelName,
-} from './ml_model_deployment_common';
+import { isNotFoundExceptionError } from './ml_model_deployment_common';
 
 export const startMlModelDeployment = async (
   modelName: string,
@@ -25,10 +22,6 @@ export const startMlModelDeployment = async (
     throw new Error('Machine Learning is not enabled');
   }
 
-  // before anything else, check our model name
-  // to ensure we only allow those names we want
-  throwIfNotAcceptableModelName(modelName);
-
   try {
     // try and get the deployment status of the model first
     // and see if it's already deployed or deploying...
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_download.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_download.ts
index 4d7f3c21e1210..ffa51acc5bd32 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_download.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/ml/start_ml_model_download.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ import { MlTrainedModels } from '@kbn/ml-plugin/server';
 import { MlModelDeploymentState, MlModelDeploymentStatus } from '../../../common/types/ml';
 
 import { getMlModelDeploymentStatus } from './get_ml_model_deployment_status';
-import {
-  isNotFoundExceptionError,
-  throwIfNotAcceptableModelName,
-} from './ml_model_deployment_common';
+import { isNotFoundExceptionError } from './ml_model_deployment_common';
 
 export const startMlModelDownload = async (
   modelName: string,
@@ -24,10 +21,6 @@ export const startMlModelDownload = async (
     throw new Error('Machine Learning is not enabled');
   }
 
-  // before anything else, check our model name
-  // to ensure we only allow those names we want
-  throwIfNotAcceptableModelName(modelName);
-
   try {
     // try and get the deployment status of the model first
     // and see if it's already deployed or deploying...