diff --git a/onnxruntime/python/onnxruntime_inference_collection.py b/onnxruntime/python/onnxruntime_inference_collection.py
index b73fcbbff5456..c86469918cca5 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/python/onnxruntime_inference_collection.py
+++ b/onnxruntime/python/onnxruntime_inference_collection.py
@@ -446,14 +446,6 @@ def _create_inference_session(self, providers, provider_options, disabled_optimi
         providers, provider_options = check_and_normalize_provider_args(
             providers, provider_options, available_providers
         )
-        if not providers and len(available_providers) > 1:
-            self.disable_fallback()
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"This ORT build has {available_providers} enabled. "
-                "Since ORT 1.9, you are required to explicitly set "
-                "the providers parameter when instantiating InferenceSession. For example, "
-                f"onnxruntime.InferenceSession(..., providers={available_providers}, ...)"
-            )
 
         session_options = self._sess_options if self._sess_options else C.get_default_session_options()
         if self._model_path:
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/python/onnxruntime_test_python.py b/onnxruntime/test/python/onnxruntime_test_python.py
index 59f7781bb4f8a..86577eaf2d7df 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/python/onnxruntime_test_python.py
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/python/onnxruntime_test_python.py
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ def test_model_serialization(self):
             so.log_severity_level = 1
             so.logid = "TestModelSerialization"
             so.optimized_model_filepath = "./PythonApiTestOptimizedModel.onnx"
-            onnxrt.InferenceSession(
-                get_name("mul_1.onnx"),
-                sess_options=so,
-                providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
-            )
+            onnxrt.InferenceSession(get_name("mul_1.onnx"), sess_options=so)
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(so.optimized_model_filepath))
             os.remove(so.optimized_model_filepath)
         except Fail as onnxruntime_error: