diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
index 444e5c9253..6c58621e11 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
@@ -234,10 +234,6 @@ class StubRunnerExecutor implements StubFinder {
 			this.stubServer = new StubServer(stubConfiguration, mappings, contracts, new NoOpHttpServerStub());
 			return;
 		}
-		if (contracts.isEmpty()) {
-			log.warn("There are no contracts in the published JAR. This is an unusual situation "
-					+ "that's why will start the server - maybe you know what you're doing...");
-		}
 		if (port != null && port >= 0) {
 			this.stubServer = new StubServer(stubConfiguration, mappings, contracts, new WireMockHttpServerStub(port));
 		}