diff --git a/ext/dba/dba.c b/ext/dba/dba.c
index b1876f75f34..6f4f78de7a6 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba.c
@@ -1103,9 +1103,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(dba_key_split)
 	char *key, *name;
 	size_t key_len;
 
-	if (ZEND_NUM_ARGS() != 1) {
-		WRONG_PARAM_COUNT;
-	}
 	if (zend_parse_parameters_ex(ZEND_PARSE_PARAMS_QUIET, ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "z", &zkey) == SUCCESS) {
 		if (Z_TYPE_P(zkey) == IS_NULL || (Z_TYPE_P(zkey) == IS_FALSE)) {
 			php_error_docref(NULL, E_DEPRECATED, "Passing false or null is deprecated since 8.4");