diff --git a/lib/workers/branch/index.js b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
index a870e3f7d9abb66253d3259f54f8ed890065652c..91da9b59058b1e2879e0c72ecee4d5b7a164a01e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ async function processBranch(branchConfig, prHourlyLimitReached, packageFiles) {
       throw err;
     }
     if (
-      err.message !== 'unmet-requirements' &&
       err.message !== 'registry-failure' &&
       err.message !== 'platform-failure'
     ) {
@@ -333,10 +332,6 @@ async function processBranch(branchConfig, prHourlyLimitReached, packageFiles) {
       logger.debug('Passing PR error up');
       throw err;
     }
-    if (err.message === 'unmet-requirements') {
-      logger.info('Skipping invalid update and continuing');
-      return 'done';
-    }
     // Otherwise don't throw here - we don't want to stop the other renovations
     logger.error({ err }, `Error ensuring PR: ${err.message}`);
   }