diff --git a/notebooks/LPD/LPDChar_Darks_NBC.ipynb b/notebooks/LPD/LPDChar_Darks_NBC.ipynb
index 02baeea0ce221d25537cc75b8e44ddd0e4b719ed..7bf5ab874fb9bfbef25af51cf8f403bf5750b01e 100644
--- a/notebooks/LPD/LPDChar_Darks_NBC.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/LPD/LPDChar_Darks_NBC.ipynb
@@ -319,10 +319,6 @@
     "        if len(cellids_missing):\n",
     "            raise ValueError(f\"No frames left for cells {cellids_missing} \"\n",
     "                             \"after discarding frames with wrong gain stage\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "    elif (gains != gg).any():\n",
-    "        raise Exception(f\"Adaptive gain run {run_path} contains pixels \"\n",
-    "                        f\"in gain state other than expected {gg}\")\n",
     "    \n",
     "    im = reorder_axes(im,\n",
     "        from_order=('frames', 'slow_scan', 'fast_scan'),\n",