diff --git a/packages/kit/src/components.ts b/packages/kit/src/components.ts
index 79088591b0..3b8e441767 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/components.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/components.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { kebabCase, pascalCase } from 'scule'
 import type { Component, ComponentsDir } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { useNuxt } from './context'
-import { checkNuxtVersion } from './compatibility'
 import { logger } from './logger'
 import { MODE_RE } from './utils'
 
@@ -10,9 +9,6 @@ import { MODE_RE } from './utils'
  */
 export function addComponentsDir (dir: ComponentsDir, opts: { prepend?: boolean } = {}) {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
-  if (!checkNuxtVersion('>=2.13', nuxt)) {
-    throw new Error(`\`addComponentsDir\` requires Nuxt 2.13 or higher.`)
-  }
   nuxt.options.components ||= []
   dir.priority ||= 0
   nuxt.hook('components:dirs', (dirs) => { dirs[opts.prepend ? 'unshift' : 'push'](dir) })
@@ -27,10 +23,6 @@ export type AddComponentOptions = { name: string, filePath: string } & Partial<E
  */
 export function addComponent (opts: AddComponentOptions) {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
-  if (!checkNuxtVersion('>=2.13', nuxt)) {
-    throw new Error(`\`addComponent\` requires Nuxt 2.13 or higher.`)
-  }
-
   nuxt.options.components ||= []
 
   if (!opts.mode) {