diff --git a/mypy/checkexpr.py b/mypy/checkexpr.py
index 577576a4e5f8b..38d5ad2f787c4 100644
--- a/mypy/checkexpr.py
+++ b/mypy/checkexpr.py
@@ -1671,8 +1671,6 @@ def check_callable_call(
         if (
             callee.is_type_obj()
             and callee.type_object().is_protocol
-            # Exception for Type[...]
-            and not callee.from_type_type
         ):
             self.chk.fail(
                 message_registry.CANNOT_INSTANTIATE_PROTOCOL.format(callee.type_object().name),
@@ -1681,8 +1679,6 @@ def check_callable_call(
         elif (
             callee.is_type_obj()
             and callee.type_object().is_abstract
-            # Exception for Type[...]
-            and not callee.from_type_type
             and not callee.type_object().fallback_to_any
         ):
             type = callee.type_object()