diff --git a/toml/decoder.py b/toml/decoder.py
index bf400e9..6dfe63a 100644
--- a/toml/decoder.py
+++ b/toml/decoder.py
@@ -1024,10 +1024,7 @@ def load_array(self, a):
             a[i] = a[i].strip()
             if a[i] != '':
                 nval, ntype = self.load_value(a[i])
-                if atype:
-                    if ntype != atype:
-                        raise ValueError("Not a homogeneous array")
-                else:
+                if not atype:
                     atype = ntype
                 retval.append(nval)
         return retval