diff --git a/profile.sh b/profile.sh
index a2a156ae..a6382b85 100755
--- a/profile.sh
+++ b/profile.sh
@@ -225,15 +225,9 @@ remove_profile_files() {
 #
 HELP_capture="Signals, pulls, and symbolicates the profile data"
 cmd_capture() {
-  # Send the signal right away. If the profiler wasn't started we'll catch
-  # that later.
+  # Send the signal right away. If the profiler wasn't started, this will
+  # print an error message and exit.
   cmd_signal "$1"
-  # Verify that b2g was started with the profiler enabled
-  if ! is_profiler_running $(get_b2g_pid); then
-    echo "Profiler doesn't seem to be running"
-    echo "Did you start the profiler using ${SCRIPT_NAME} start ?"
-    exit 1
-  fi
   get_comms
   declare -a local_filename
   local timestamp=$(date +"%H%M")