diff --git a/lib/jwt-utils.js b/lib/jwt-utils.js
index 13dcbab..f597730 100644
--- a/lib/jwt-utils.js
+++ b/lib/jwt-utils.js
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ module.exports = function(configuration) {
 
     var header = readJWTHeader(segments[0]);
 
-    if (!header.kid) {
-      throw errors.MISSING_REQUIRED_KID();
-    }
-
     var algorithm = header.alg || 'HS256';
 
     if (!hashAlgorithms[header.alg]) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e863c5f..aa62287 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "jwt-utils",
   "description": "JSON Web Tokens (JWT) utils",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Guido García Bernardo",
diff --git a/test/unit/jwt-utils-test.js b/test/unit/jwt-utils-test.js
index 7b0b5ed..3bff0f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/jwt-utils-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/jwt-utils-test.js
@@ -487,18 +487,6 @@ describe('Jwt Utils Tests', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should fail to read an unencrypted token without kid', function() {
-    var jwtToken = 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc' +
-        '3MiOiIiLCJqdGkiOiIiLCJpYXQiOjEzNzQwNzg4' +
-        'NzF9.khagsjdgjas';
-
-    var hashKey = '11111111111111111111111111111111';
-    jwtUtils.readJWT(jwtToken, hashKey, function(err, token) {
-      expect(err).to.be.apiError(errors.MISSING_REQUIRED_KID());
-      expect(token).not.to.exist;
-    });
-  });
-
   it('should fail to read an unencrypted token without a valid algorithm', function() {
     var jwtToken = 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NyIsICJraWQiOiJteUtpZCJ9.eyJpc' +
         '3MiOiIiLCJqdGkiOiIiLCJpYXQiOjEzNzQwNzg4' +