diff --git a/sources/bing_webmaster/__init__.py b/sources/bing_webmaster/__init__.py
index f8e3a7201..8025e6fba 100644
--- a/sources/bing_webmaster/__init__.py
+++ b/sources/bing_webmaster/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from dlt.common.typing import DictStrAny, DictStrStr
 from dlt.sources import DltResource
 
-from .helpers import get_stats_with_retry, parse_response, check_api_key
+from .helpers import get_stats_with_retry, parse_response
 
 
 @dlt.source(name="bing_webmaster")
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ def page_stats(
     Yields:
         Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]: An iterator over list of organic traffic statistics.
     """
-    check_api_key(api_key)
     api_path = "GetPageStats"
     for site_url in site_urls:
         params = {"siteUrl": site_url, "apikey": api_key}
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ def page_query_stats(
     Yields:
         Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]: An iterator over list of organic traffic statistics.
     """
-    check_api_key(api_key)
     api_path = "GetPageQueryStats"
     for record in site_url_pages:
         time.sleep(0.5)  # this avoids rate limit observed after dozens of requests
diff --git a/sources/bing_webmaster/helpers.py b/sources/bing_webmaster/helpers.py
index 2ad26982d..f46165af4 100644
--- a/sources/bing_webmaster/helpers.py
+++ b/sources/bing_webmaster/helpers.py
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@
 from .settings import BASE_URL, HEADERS
 
 
-def check_api_key(api_key: str) -> None:
-    if api_key is None or len(api_key) == 0:
-        raise ValueError(
-            """Please provide a Bing Webmaster API key in secrets.toml under
-            [sources.bing_webmaster]
-            api_key="your_api_key" """
-        )
-
 
 def get_url_with_retry(url: str, params: DictStrStr) -> DictStrAny:
     try: