diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
index fa5203917f..0ae30edae5 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProvider.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.initialization.qual.Initialized;
@@ -656,11 +655,6 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProvider
 
     @Override
     public void setListener(Listener listener, Executor executor) {
-      if (Objects.equals(listener, this.listener)) {
-        checkState(Objects.equals(executor, listenerExecutor));
-        return;
-      }
-
       this.listener = listener;
       listenerExecutor = executor;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
index aa333d499e..7433cda17b 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest.java
@@ -122,22 +122,6 @@ public final class CompositingVideoSinkProviderTest {
         .isEqualTo(2_000_000);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void setListener_calledTwiceWithDifferentExecutor_throws()
-      throws VideoSink.VideoSinkException {
-    CompositingVideoSinkProvider provider = createCompositingVideoSinkProvider();
-    provider.setVideoEffects(ImmutableList.of());
-    provider.initialize(new Format.Builder().build());
-    VideoSink videoSink = provider.getSink();
-    VideoSink.Listener listener = Mockito.mock(VideoSink.Listener.class);
-
-    videoSink.setListener(listener, /* executor= */ command -> {});
-
-    assertThrows(
-        IllegalStateException.class,
-        () -> videoSink.setListener(listener, /* executor= */ command -> {}));
-  }
-
   private static CompositingVideoSinkProvider createCompositingVideoSinkProvider() {
     Context context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext();
     VideoFrameReleaseControl.FrameTimingEvaluator frameTimingEvaluator =