diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
index c74c2bc2..bc809400 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
-
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/access"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/updater"
@@ -87,11 +84,6 @@ func flags() []cli.Flag {
 
 func action(version string, shutdownC, graceShutdownC chan struct{}) cli.ActionFunc {
 	return func(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
-		if isRunningFromTerminal() {
-			logger.Error("Use of cloudflared without commands is deprecated.")
-			cli.ShowAppHelp(c)
-			return nil
-		}
 		tags := make(map[string]string)
 		tags["hostname"] = c.String("hostname")
 		raven.SetTagsContext(tags)
@@ -115,7 +107,3 @@ func userHomeDir() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return homeDir, nil
 }
-
-func isRunningFromTerminal() bool {
-	return terminal.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
-}