diff --git a/scripts/installer/installer b/scripts/installer/installer
index 745441151..500954371 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/installer
+++ b/scripts/installer/installer
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ function install_abra_release {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  if ! type "curl" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    error "'python3' is not installed, cannot proceed..."
-    echo "perhaps try installing manually via the releases URL?"
-    echo "https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra/releases"
-  fi
-
   # FIXME: support different architectures
   PLATFORM=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m)
   sed_command='s/.*"assets":\[\{[^}]*"name":"abra.*_'"$PLATFORM"'"[^}]*"browser_download_url":"([^"]*)".*\].*/\1/p'