diff --git a/src/__tests__/graphql-test.js b/src/__tests__/graphql-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 764909dba2..0000000000
--- a/src/__tests__/graphql-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// @flow strict
-
-import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
-
-import { GraphQLSchema } from '../type/schema';
-
-import { graphqlSync } from '../graphql';
-
-describe('graphql', () => {
-  it('report errors raised during schema validation', () => {
-    const schema = new GraphQLSchema({});
-    const result = graphqlSync({ schema, source: '{ __typename }' });
-    expect(result).to.deep.equal({
-      errors: [{ message: 'Query root type must be provided.' }],
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/type/__tests__/validation-test.js b/src/type/__tests__/validation-test.js
index b17245812f..ed733032f0 100644
--- a/src/type/__tests__/validation-test.js
+++ b/src/type/__tests__/validation-test.js
@@ -189,35 +189,6 @@ describe('Type System: A Schema must have Object root types', () => {
     expect(validateSchema(schemaWithDef)).to.deep.equal([]);
   });
 
-  it('rejects a Schema without a query type', () => {
-    const schema = buildSchema(`
-      type Mutation {
-        test: String
-      }
-    `);
-    expect(validateSchema(schema)).to.deep.equal([
-      {
-        message: 'Query root type must be provided.',
-      },
-    ]);
-
-    const schemaWithDef = buildSchema(`
-      schema {
-        mutation: MutationRoot
-      }
-
-      type MutationRoot {
-        test: String
-      }
-    `);
-    expect(validateSchema(schemaWithDef)).to.deep.equal([
-      {
-        message: 'Query root type must be provided.',
-        locations: [{ line: 2, column: 7 }],
-      },
-    ]);
-  });
-
   it('rejects a Schema whose query root type is not an Object type', () => {
     const schema = buildSchema(`
       input Query {
@@ -2582,8 +2553,6 @@ describe('assertValidSchema', () => {
   it('include multiple errors into a description', () => {
     const schema = buildSchema('type SomeType');
     expect(() => assertValidSchema(schema)).to.throw(dedent`
-      Query root type must be provided.
-
       Type SomeType must define one or more fields.`);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/type/validate.js b/src/type/validate.js
index 010ed3549e..0a3f6da8ec 100644
--- a/src/type/validate.js
+++ b/src/type/validate.js
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ class SchemaValidationContext {
 function validateRootTypes(context) {
   const schema = context.schema;
   const queryType = schema.getQueryType();
-  if (!queryType) {
-    context.reportError('Query root type must be provided.', schema.astNode);
-  } else if (!isObjectType(queryType)) {
+  if (queryType && !isObjectType(queryType)) {
     context.reportError(
       `Query root type must be Object type, it cannot be ${inspect(
         queryType,