diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Advanced/ParallelRowIterator.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Advanced/ParallelRowIterator.cs
index 98c2656d11..f404326bce 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Advanced/ParallelRowIterator.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Advanced/ParallelRowIterator.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public static partial class ParallelRowIterator
         where T : struct, IRowOperation
     {
         ValidateRectangle(rectangle);
-        ValidateSettings(parallelSettings);
 
         int top = rectangle.Top;
         int bottom = rectangle.Bottom;
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ public static partial class ParallelRowIterator
         where TBuffer : unmanaged
     {
         ValidateRectangle(rectangle);
-        ValidateSettings(parallelSettings);
 
         int top = rectangle.Top;
         int bottom = rectangle.Bottom;
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ public static partial class ParallelRowIterator
         where T : struct, IRowIntervalOperation
     {
         ValidateRectangle(rectangle);
-        ValidateSettings(parallelSettings);
 
         int top = rectangle.Top;
         int bottom = rectangle.Bottom;
@@ -236,7 +233,6 @@ public static partial class ParallelRowIterator
         where TBuffer : unmanaged
     {
         ValidateRectangle(rectangle);
-        ValidateSettings(parallelSettings);
 
         int top = rectangle.Top;
         int bottom = rectangle.Bottom;
@@ -315,35 +311,4 @@ public static partial class ParallelRowIterator
             0,
             $"{nameof(rectangle)}.{nameof(rectangle.Height)}");
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Validates the supplied <see cref="ParallelExecutionSettings"/>.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="parallelSettings">The execution settings.</param>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
-    /// Thrown when <see cref="ParallelExecutionSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism"/> or
-    /// <see cref="ParallelExecutionSettings.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask"/> is invalid.
-    /// </exception>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
-    /// Thrown when <see cref="ParallelExecutionSettings.MemoryAllocator"/> is null.
-    /// This also guards the public <see cref="ParallelExecutionSettings"/> default value, which bypasses constructor validation.
-    /// </exception>
-    private static void ValidateSettings(in ParallelExecutionSettings parallelSettings)
-    {
-        // ParallelExecutionSettings is a public struct, so callers can pass default and bypass constructor validation.
-        if (parallelSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism is 0 or < -1)
-        {
-            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
-                $"{nameof(parallelSettings)}.{nameof(ParallelExecutionSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism)}");
-        }
-
-        Guard.MustBeGreaterThan(
-            parallelSettings.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask,
-            0,
-            $"{nameof(parallelSettings)}.{nameof(ParallelExecutionSettings.MinimumPixelsProcessedPerTask)}");
-
-        Guard.NotNull(
-            parallelSettings.MemoryAllocator,
-            $"{nameof(parallelSettings)}.{nameof(ParallelExecutionSettings.MemoryAllocator)}");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelRowIteratorTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelRowIteratorTests.cs
index cf68f702ac..017926fc5d 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelRowIteratorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Helpers/ParallelRowIteratorTests.cs
@@ -224,24 +224,6 @@ public class ParallelRowIteratorTests
         Assert.Equal(Enumerable.Repeat(1, rectangle.Height), actualData);
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public void IterateRowsWithTempBuffer_DefaultSettingsRequireInitialization()
-    {
-        ParallelExecutionSettings parallelSettings = default;
-        Rectangle rect = new(0, 0, 10, 10);
-
-        void RowAction(int y, Span<Rgba32> memory)
-        {
-        }
-
-        TestRowOperation<Rgba32> operation = new(RowAction);
-
-        ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
-            () => ParallelRowIterator.IterateRows<TestRowOperation<Rgba32>, Rgba32>(rect, in parallelSettings, in operation));
-
-        Assert.Contains(nameof(ParallelExecutionSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism), ex.Message);
-    }
-
     public static TheoryData<int, int, int, int, int, int, int> IterateRows_WithEffectiveMinimumPixelsLimit_Data =
         new()
         {
@@ -367,24 +349,6 @@ public class ParallelRowIteratorTests
         Assert.Equal(Enumerable.Repeat(1, rectangle.Height), actualData);
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public void IterateRows_DefaultSettingsRequireInitialization()
-    {
-        ParallelExecutionSettings parallelSettings = default;
-        Rectangle rect = new(0, 0, 10, 10);
-
-        void RowAction(int y)
-        {
-        }
-
-        TestRowActionOperation operation = new(RowAction);
-
-        ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
-            () => ParallelRowIterator.IterateRows(rect, in parallelSettings, in operation));
-
-        Assert.Contains(nameof(ParallelExecutionSettings.MaxDegreeOfParallelism), ex.Message);
-    }
-
     public static readonly TheoryData<int, int, int, int, int, int, int> IterateRectangularBuffer_Data =
         new()
         {