diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
index 8f47155d34fa1..cdf9ad0f2bb13 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> EPCtxHandler::GetModelBlobStream(const std::fi
     // If the model stream is not an XML (i.e. precompiled blob), the OpenVINO SDK version that it was
     // exported with must match the version that is currently running.
     native_blob_path = std::move(blob_filepath);
-    ORT_ENFORCE((attrs.count(EP_SDK_VER) == 1) && (attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() == openvino_sdk_version_),
-                "EPCtx blob was exported / is compatible with OpenVINO SDK version " + attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() +
-                    ", but OpenVINO SDK version currently in use is " + openvino_sdk_version_);
-
     result.reset();  // Release the stream as we will get the native blob from SharedContext
     auto shared_context = shared_context_manager_->GetOrCreateSharedContext(native_blob_path);
     return std::make_unique<ModelBlobWrapper>(shared_context->GetNativeBlobAsStream(partition_name), shared_context->GetNativeBlob(partition_name));