diff --git a/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs b/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
index 0a5e47f28..113e12785 100644
--- a/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory
         public override IManagedByteBuffer AllocateManagedByteBuffer(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
         {
             Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(length, 0, nameof(length));
-            Guard.MustBeLessThan(length, int.MaxValue, nameof(length));
 
             ArrayPool<byte> pool = this.GetArrayPool(length);
             byte[] byteArray = pool.Rent(length);
diff --git a/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs b/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
index fc7fb607f..acf17ad63 100644
--- a/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/SixLabors.Core/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory
         public override IMemoryOwner<T> Allocate<T>(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
         {
             Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(length, 0, nameof(length));
-            Guard.MustBeLessThan(length, int.MaxValue, nameof(length));
 
             return new BasicArrayBuffer<T>(new T[length]);
         }
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory
         public override IManagedByteBuffer AllocateManagedByteBuffer(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
         {
             Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(length, 0, nameof(length));
-            Guard.MustBeLessThan(length, int.MaxValue, nameof(length));
 
             return new BasicByteBuffer(new byte[length]);
         }
diff --git a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocatorTests.cs b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
index 5226c9b01..e59590bae 100644
--- a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory.Tests
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(-1)]
-        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
         public void AllocateManagedByteBuffer_IncorrectAmount_ThrowsCorrect_ArgumentOutOfRangeException(int length)
         {
             var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => this.MemoryAllocator.AllocateManagedByteBuffer(length));
diff --git a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocatorTests.cs b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
index 96f92e682..86e71717e 100644
--- a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Memory/SimpleGcMemoryAllocatorTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory.Tests
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(-1)]
-        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
         public void Allocate_IncorrectAmount_ThrowsCorrect_ArgumentOutOfRangeException(int length)
         {
             var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => this.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<BigStruct>( length));
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.Memory.Tests
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(-1)]
-        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
         public void AllocateManagedByteBuffer_IncorrectAmount_ThrowsCorrect_ArgumentOutOfRangeException(int length)
         {
             var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => this.MemoryAllocator.AllocateManagedByteBuffer(length));