diff --git a/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig b/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
index 0ca2397a64bced3b64f6781732296f7956c7c7db..fd6e48314901787bedbf74ba8118af6b7b09de36 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/AstGen.zig
@@ -7731,12 +7731,6 @@ fn switchExpr(
             const tag_name = try astgen.identAsString(tag_token);
             try astgen.detectLocalShadowing(payload_sub_scope, tag_name, tag_token, tag_slice, .@"switch tag capture");
 
-            if (case_node.toOptional() == else_case_node and case.inline_token == null) {
-                return astgen.failTokNotes(tag_token, "cannot capture tag of 'else' prong", .{}, &.{
-                    try astgen.errNoteTok(ident, "first capture in 'else' prong always captures 'switch' operand", .{}),
-                });
-            }
-
             assert(any_has_tag_capture);
             has_tag_capture = true;
 
diff --git a/test/behavior/switch.zig b/test/behavior/switch.zig
index 8631be2150679ef66aaf6f53d4ad98eb5f9bcd9f..25eb5159357c06134f6b8e2f3fa5276528b7d4c4 100644
--- a/test/behavior/switch.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/switch.zig
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ test "switch with tag capture" {
                     _ = &tag;
                     comptime unreachable;
                 },
-                else => |un| {
+                else => |un, tag| {
+                    try expect(tag == .c);
                     try expect(un == .c);
                     try expect(un.c == 0xFF);
                 },
diff --git a/test/behavior/switch_loop.zig b/test/behavior/switch_loop.zig
index 6169baef0e02039e042576bae568066668a16138..f45ef3ef4113b493fc434f75ba1fe5c6a0111945 100644
--- a/test/behavior/switch_loop.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/switch_loop.zig
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ test "switch loop with tag capture" {
                     _ = &tag;
                     return error.AnalyzedNoreturnProng;
                 },
-                else => |un| {
+                else => |un, tag| {
+                    try expect(tag == .c);
                     try expect(un == .c);
                     if (un.c == 0xFF) continue :label .a;
                     if (un.c == 0x00) break :label false;
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/tag_capture_in_else_prong.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/tag_capture_in_else_prong.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b32d49bc6737de25a5a8fce924f64a0dcbd938f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cases/compile_errors/tag_capture_in_else_prong.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-const Foo = union(enum) { a: u32, b: u32 };
-export fn entry() void {
-    const foo: Foo = .{ .a = 123 };
-    switch (foo) {
-        else => |payload, tag| {
-            _ = payload;
-            _ = tag;
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-// error
-//
-// :5:27: error: cannot capture tag of 'else' prong
-// :5:18: note: first capture in 'else' prong always captures 'switch' operand