diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rumbledb/runtime/flwor/clauses/LetClauseSparkIterator.java b/src/main/java/org/rumbledb/runtime/flwor/clauses/LetClauseSparkIterator.java
index 8328db3e7..48a3ae2d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rumbledb/runtime/flwor/clauses/LetClauseSparkIterator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rumbledb/runtime/flwor/clauses/LetClauseSparkIterator.java
@@ -295,12 +295,6 @@ public FlworDataFrame getDataFrameAsJoin(
                 );
             }
         }
-        if (inputTupleValueExpression == null) {
-            throw new JobWithinAJobException(
-                    "A let clause expression cannot produce a big sequence of items for a big number of tuples, as this would lead to a data flow explosion. We did detect a predicate expression, but the criterion inside the predicate is not comparing the left-hand-side of this predicate to the input tuple.",
-                    getMetadata()
-            );
-        }
 
         // Now we know we can execute the query as an equi-join.
         // First, we evaluate all input tuples.
@@ -335,6 +329,8 @@ public FlworDataFrame getDataFrameAsJoin(
             sequenceDependencies
         ).getDataFrame();
 
+        LogManager.getLogger("LetClauseSparkIterator").info("Rumble detected an equi-join in the left clause.");
+
         // We compute the hashes for both sides of the equality predicate.
         expressionDF = LetClauseSparkIterator.bindLetVariableInDataFrame(
             expressionDF,