diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 4f255db972..ab9b2571b4 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -97,15 +97,6 @@ export function options () {
 }
 
 export async function build () {
-  // Check if pages dir exists and warn if not
-  if (!fs.existsSync(join(this.srcDir, 'pages'))) {
-    if (fs.existsSync(join(this.srcDir, '..', 'pages'))) {
-      console.error('> No `pages` directory found. Did you mean to run `nuxt` in the parent (`../`) directory?') // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    } else {
-      console.error('> Couldn\'t find a `pages` directory. Please create one under the project root') // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    }
-    process.exit(1)
-  }
   debug(`App root: ${this.srcDir}`)
   debug('Generating .nuxt/ files...')
   // Create .nuxt/, .nuxt/components and .nuxt/dist folders