diff --git a/minmea.c b/minmea.c
index e9361cc..e43ee99 100644
--- a/minmea.c
+++ b/minmea.c
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ bool minmea_check(const char *sentence, bool strict)
 {
     uint8_t checksum = 0x00;
 
-    // Sequence length is limited.
-    if (strlen(sentence) > MINMEA_MAX_SENTENCE_LENGTH + 3)
-        return false;
-
     // A valid sentence starts with "$".
     if (*sentence++ != '$')
         return false;
diff --git a/tests.c b/tests.c
index 90a935e..8e135e0 100644
--- a/tests.c
+++ b/tests.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 static const char *valid_sentences_nochecksum[] = {
     "$GPTXT,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
+    "$GPTXT,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+        "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
     "$GPTXT,hello\n",
     "$GPTXT,hello\r",
     "$GPTXT,hello\r\n",
@@ -51,8 +53,6 @@ static const char *valid_sentences_checksum[] = {
 };
 
 static const char *invalid_sentences[] = {
-    "$GPTXT,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
-        "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
     "$GPTXT,01,01,02,ANTSTATUS=INIT*26",
     "$GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*532",
     "$GPVTG,,,,\xff,,,,,N*30",