diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Console/src/System/TermInfo.DatabaseFactory.cs b/src/libraries/System.Console/src/System/TermInfo.DatabaseFactory.cs
index 0db908b2729bbd..4f73885d1db662 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Console/src/System/TermInfo.DatabaseFactory.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Console/src/System/TermInfo.DatabaseFactory.cs
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ private static bool TryOpen(string filePath, [NotNullWhen(true)] out SafeFileHan
             {
                 // Read in all of the terminfo data
                 long termInfoLength = RandomAccess.GetLength(fd);
-                const int MaxTermInfoLength = 4096; // according to the term and tic man pages, 4096 is the terminfo file size max
                 const int HeaderLength = 12;
-                if (termInfoLength <= HeaderLength || termInfoLength > MaxTermInfoLength)
+                if (termInfoLength <= HeaderLength)
                 {
                     throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.IO_TermInfoInvalid);
                 }