diff --git a/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py b/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
index 556d3a7eafccf..5181bca08b83c 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
@@ -417,14 +417,6 @@ def _load_abs_context(self, logger, test_context):
             self.endpoint_url = None
             self.cloud_storage_disable_tls = False
             self.cloud_storage_api_endpoint_port = 443
-        if test_context.globals.get(self.GLOBAL_S3_SECRET_KEY, None):
-            test_context.ok_to_fail = True
-
-            msg = (
-                "Test requested ABS cloud storage, but provided globals for Azure."
-                " Stopping and marking as OFAIL.")
-            logger.info(msg)
-            raise Exception(msg)
         else:
             logger.debug("Running in Dockerised env against Azurite. "
                          "Using Azurite defualt credentials.")
@@ -464,17 +456,7 @@ def _load_s3_context(self, logger, test_context):
             self.cloud_storage_region = cloud_storage_region
             self.cloud_storage_api_endpoint_port = 443
         else:
-            if test_context.globals.get(self.GLOBAL_ABS_SHARED_KEY, None):
-                test_context.ok_to_fail = True
-
-                msg = (
-                    "Test requested S3 cloud storage, but provided globals for Azure."
-                    " Stopping and marking as OFAIL.")
-                logger.info(msg)
-                raise Exception(msg)
-            else:
-                logger.info(
-                    'No AWS credentials supplied, assuming minio defaults')
+            logger.info('No AWS credentials supplied, assuming minio defaults')
 
     @property
     def cloud_storage_bucket(self):