diff --git a/packages/client/ui-question/src/client/index.ts b/packages/client/ui-question/src/client/index.ts
index ef0a253b61..de8f481aad 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-question/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-question/src/client/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ function selectQuestion({ interactions }: ComposerChainProps): QuestionWait | nu
  */
 export function apply(ctx: ClientContext): void {
   const slots = ctx.slots
-  if (slots === undefined) throw new Error('ui-question: slots service unavailable')
   ctx.effect(
     () => slots.register({ name: 'conversation.composer', select: selectQuestion }, QuestionComposer),
     'ui-question: composer chain registration',
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-question/tests/browser-plugin.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-question/tests/browser-plugin.spec.ts
index 6fb90c3e47..1c4801b96a 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-question/tests/browser-plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-question/tests/browser-plugin.spec.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ describe('apply', () => {
     expect(inject).toEqual(['slots'])
   })
 
-  it('fails loud when the slots service is missing', () => {
-    expect(() => { apply(new Context()) }).toThrow(/slots service unavailable/)
-  })
-
   it('fails loud when no live entry has declared the composer slot', async () => {
     const ctx = new Context()
     await ctx.plugin(SlotsService).await()