diff --git a/internal/config/load.go b/internal/config/load.go
index 25139cb5f4b2ba8013525bfde025f04cb267d1b8..9e972739eb6e53878fb4b0b6d2301cdaeb2f2a4d 100644
--- a/internal/config/load.go
+++ b/internal/config/load.go
@@ -246,11 +246,6 @@ func (c *Config) configureProviders(env env.Env, resolver VariableResolver, know
 			if prepared.ExtraParams["region"] == "" {
 				prepared.ExtraParams["region"] = env.Get("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION")
 			}
-			for _, model := range p.Models {
-				if !strings.HasPrefix(model.ID, "anthropic.") {
-					return fmt.Errorf("bedrock provider only supports anthropic models for now, found: %s", model.ID)
-				}
-			}
 		default:
 			// if the provider api or endpoint are missing we skip them
 			v, err := resolver.ResolveValue(p.APIKey)