diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 305880250..e2ba0a787 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-29  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSKeyValueCoding.m: Remove erroneous check for nil argument
+	in obsolete method ([takeValue:forKey:]).
+
 2007-10-30  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version 1.14.1
diff --git a/Source/NSKeyValueCoding.m b/Source/NSKeyValueCoding.m
index 79bb57560..baa36dfb3 100644
--- a/Source/NSKeyValueCoding.m
+++ b/Source/NSKeyValueCoding.m
@@ -558,11 +558,6 @@ static id ValueForKey(NSObject *self, const char *key, unsigned size)
   char		key[size+1];
 
   GSOnceMLog(@"This method is deprecated, use -setValue:forKey:");
-  if (anObject == nil)
-    {
-      [NSException raise: NSInvalidArgumentException
-                  format: @"Attempt to set nil value for key '%@'", aKey];
-    }
   [aKey getCString: key
 	 maxLength: size+1
 	  encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];