diff --git a/run-config.sh b/run-config.sh
index 17007a899fd4e1a12c2b4d3f0f712ce169538837..5e0f65143aa8f0cc6f4127769b59a23be12f05ec 100755
--- a/run-config.sh
+++ b/run-config.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ cat > run.sh << 'EOF'
 dirname=$(dirname $0)
 basename=$(basename ${dirname})
 bindir=${dirname}/bin
-inepRE="^[A-Z]{2}?[[:digit:]]{8}$"
 
 # Redirects all error output to log file
 exec 2>> ${dirname}/run.log
@@ -62,16 +61,6 @@ source ${dirname}/common.sh
 url="--url=http://seed.c3sl.ufpr.br/tomcat/axis/Seed2.jws"
 inep=$(cat ${dirname}/conf/inep)
 
-# Check INEP integrity: the egrep test verifies if INEP is valid, returning
-# an empty string if it isn't. The first test checks if INEP is empty before
-# doing the second test. If it isn't empty, the regular expression occurs.
-# Otherwise, the INEP is accepted and the program continues with the
-# execution. In short, the test allows empty and valid INEPs.
-if test -n "${inep}" -a -z "$(egrep ${inepRE} <<< ${inep})"; then
-    echo "INEP format error." >> ${dirname}/run.log
-    exit 100
-fi
-
 getProxyConf
 proxy="${phost} ${pport} ${puid} ${ppasswd}"