diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c
index e72518a..c1876d1 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.c
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.c
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ static __u32 clear_ok_features[3] = {
 		EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE |
 		EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX,
 	/* Incompat */
-	EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE |
-		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG,
+	EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE,
 	/* R/O compat */
 	EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE |
 		EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_HUGE_FILE|
@@ -407,15 +406,6 @@ static void update_feature_set(ext2_filsys fs, char
*features)
 			uuid_generate((unsigned char *) sb->s_hash_seed);
 	}

-	if (FEATURE_OFF(E2P_FEATURE_INCOMPAT, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG)) {
-		if (ext2fs_check_desc(fs)) {
-			fputs(_("Clearing the flex_bg flag would "
-				"cause the the filesystem to be\n"
-				"inconsistent.\n"), stderr);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (FEATURE_OFF(E2P_FEATURE_RO_INCOMPAT,
 			    EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_HUGE_FILE)) {