diff --git a/mercurial/revlogutils/censor.py b/mercurial/revlogutils/censor.py
--- a/mercurial/revlogutils/censor.py
+++ b/mercurial/revlogutils/censor.py
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@
     censorrev = rl.rev(censornode)
     tombstone = storageutil.packmeta({b'censored': tombstone}, b'')
 
-    if len(tombstone) > rl.rawsize(censorrev):
-        raise error.Abort(
-            _(b'censor tombstone must be no longer than censored data')
-        )
-
     # Rewriting the revlog in place is hard. Our strategy for censoring is
     # to create a new revlog, copy all revisions to it, then replace the
     # revlogs on transaction close.
diff --git a/tests/test-censor.t b/tests/test-censor.t
--- a/tests/test-censor.t
+++ b/tests/test-censor.t
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
   $ hg cat -r 0 target | head -n 10
   Initially untainted file
 
-Try to censor revision with too large of a tombstone message
-
-  $ hg censor -r $C1 -t 'blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah bla' target
-  abort: censor tombstone must be no longer than censored data
-  [255]
-
 Censor revision with 2 offenses
 
 (this also tests file pattern matching: path relative to cwd case)