diff --git a/pylint/checkers/logging.py b/pylint/checkers/logging.py
index d057c78ecb..c18cea8617 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/logging.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/logging.py
@@ -326,10 +326,6 @@ def _check_format_string(self, node: nodes.Call, format_arg: Literal[0, 1]) -> N
           format_arg: Index of the format string in the node arguments.
         """
         num_args = _count_supplied_tokens(node.args[format_arg + 1 :])
-        if not num_args:
-            # If no args were supplied the string is not interpolated and can contain
-            # formatting characters - it's used verbatim. Don't check any further.
-            return
 
         format_string = node.args[format_arg].value
         required_num_args = 0