diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
index 93e9a6603e1..c74eef1199f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -3771,14 +3771,6 @@ func (c *Cloud) buildNLBHealthCheckConfiguration(svc *v1.Service) (healthCheckCo
 		return healthCheckConfig{}, err
 	}
 
-	if hc.HealthyThreshold != hc.UnhealthyThreshold {
-		return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Health check healthy threshold and unhealthy threshold must be equal")
-	}
-
-	if hc.Interval != 10 && hc.Interval != 30 {
-		return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid health check interval '%v', must be either 10 or 30", hc.Interval)
-	}
-
 	if hc.Port != defaultHealthCheckPort {
 		if _, err := strconv.ParseInt(hc.Port, 10, 0); err != nil {
 			return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid health check port '%v'", hc.Port)