diff --git a/fennel/client/client.py b/fennel/client/client.py
index 5deb9ca92..3f743d5a3 100644
--- a/fennel/client/client.py
+++ b/fennel/client/client.py
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ def delete_branch(self, name: str):
         name (str): The name of the branch to delete.
 
         """
-        if name == _MAIN_BRANCH:
-            raise Exception("Cannot delete the main branch.")
-
         cur_branch = self._branch
         self.checkout(name)
         response = self._post_json(f"{V1_API}/delete", {})
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f04d08e6..b49da819e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "fennel-ai"
-version = "1.5.9"
+version = "1.5.10"
 description = "The modern realtime feature engineering platform"
 authors = ["Fennel AI <developers@fennel.ai>"]
 packages = [{ include = "fennel" }]