diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bf9cc0c..e38608d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: SingleR
 Title: Reference-Based Single-Cell RNA-Seq Annotation
-Version: 2.7.7
+Version: 2.7.8
 Date: 2024-10-26
 Authors@R: c(person("Dvir", "Aran", email="dvir.aran@ucsf.edu", role=c("aut", "cph")),
     person("Aaron", "Lun", email="infinite.monkeys.with.keyboards@gmail.com", role=c("ctb", "cre")),
diff --git a/R/trainSingleR.R b/R/trainSingleR.R
index e71c327..8f0b9dd 100644
--- a/R/trainSingleR.R
+++ b/R/trainSingleR.R
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ trainSingleR <- function(
     }
 
     if (is.null(test.genes)) {
-        stopifnot(nrow(test) == nrow(ref))
         test.genes <- ref.genes <- seq_len(nrow(ref))
     } else {
         intersection <- .create_intersection(test.genes, rownames(ref))