diff --git a/vyper/semantics/analysis/base.py b/vyper/semantics/analysis/base.py
index 5919c96686..108d433c74 100644
--- a/vyper/semantics/analysis/base.py
+++ b/vyper/semantics/analysis/base.py
@@ -241,11 +241,6 @@ def validate_modification(self, node: vy_ast.VyperNode, mutability: StateMutabil
         if self.is_immutable:
             if node.get_ancestor(vy_ast.FunctionDef).get("name") != "__init__":
                 raise ImmutableViolation("Immutable value cannot be written to", node)
-            # TODO: we probably want to remove this restriction.
-            if self.var_info._modification_count:  # type: ignore
-                raise ImmutableViolation(
-                    "Immutable value cannot be modified after assignment", node
-                )
             self.var_info._modification_count += 1  # type: ignore
 
         if isinstance(node, vy_ast.AugAssign):