diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-server.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-server.7.rst
index 6c0e6aa5c6..c56e5a7161 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-server.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-server.7.rst
@@ -666,8 +666,7 @@ and will not survive the build directory getting cleaned out.
 Type "cache"
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The "cache" request can be used once a project is configured and will
-list the cached configuration values.
+The "cache" request will list the cached configuration values.
 
 Example::
 
diff --git a/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx b/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
index 606535ffd7..b371e9e02f 100644
--- a/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
@@ -490,10 +490,6 @@ bool cmServerProtocol1::IsExperimental() const
 cmServerResponse cmServerProtocol1::ProcessCache(
   const cmServerRequest& request)
 {
-  if (this->m_State < STATE_CONFIGURED) {
-    return request.ReportError("This project was not configured yet.");
-  }
-
   cmState* state = this->CMakeInstance()->GetState();
 
   Json::Value result = Json::objectValue;