diff --git a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
index 47cc0923..4a9ce7f0 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ class Controller:
             return self._computes[compute_id]
         except KeyError:
             server_config = Config.instance().get_section_config("Server")
-            if compute_id == "local" and server_config.getboolean("local", False) is False:
-                raise aiohttp.web.HTTPNotFound(text="You try to use a node on the local server but the controller is not started with --local")
-            elif compute_id == "vm":
+            if compute_id == "vm":
                 raise aiohttp.web.HTTPNotFound(text="You try to use a node on the GNS3 VM server but the GNS3 is not configured")
             raise aiohttp.web.HTTPNotFound(text="Compute ID {} doesn't exist".format(compute_id))