diff --git a/junctions/src/main/scala/addrmap.scala b/junctions/src/main/scala/addrmap.scala
index a65c8db7..b3b1ef61 100644
--- a/junctions/src/main/scala/addrmap.scala
+++ b/junctions/src/main/scala/addrmap.scala
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class AddrMap(entriesIn: Seq[AddrMapEntry], val start: BigInt = BigInt(0)) exten
       if (r.start != 0) {
         val align = BigInt(1) << log2Ceil(r.size)
         require(r.start >= base, s"region $name base address 0x${r.start.toString(16)} overlaps previous base 0x${base.toString(16)}")
-        require(r.start % align == 0, s"region $name base address 0x${r.start.toString(16)} not aligned to 0x${align.toString(16)}")
         base = r.start
       } else {
         base = (base + r.size - 1) / r.size * r.size