diff --git a/libsepol/cil/src/cil_build_ast.c b/libsepol/cil/src/cil_build_ast.c
index 85bc076e..90e5428c 100644
--- a/libsepol/cil/src/cil_build_ast.c
+++ b/libsepol/cil/src/cil_build_ast.c
@@ -752,20 +752,11 @@ int cil_fill_classperms_list(struct cil_tree_node *parse_current, struct cil_lis
 {
 	int rc = SEPOL_ERR;
 	struct cil_tree_node *curr;
-	enum cil_syntax syntax[] = {
-		CIL_SYN_STRING | CIL_SYN_LIST,
-	};
-	int syntax_len = sizeof(syntax)/sizeof(*syntax);
 
 	if (parse_current == NULL || cp_list == NULL) {
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	rc = __cil_verify_syntax(parse_current, syntax, syntax_len);
-	if (rc != SEPOL_OK) {
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
 	cil_list_init(cp_list, CIL_CLASSPERMS);
 
 	curr = parse_current->cl_head;