diff --git a/actions/apitimelineuser.php b/actions/apitimelineuser.php
index aa6cfca458..b105a29dd1 100644
--- a/actions/apitimelineuser.php
+++ b/actions/apitimelineuser.php
@@ -252,11 +252,6 @@ class ApiTimelineUserAction extends ApiBareAuthAction
             }
         }
 
-        if (empty($notices)) {
-            // TRANS: When no posts were found with specific or default parameters
-            $this->clientError(_('Did not find any posts within search parameters'), 404);
-        }
-
         return $notices;
     }