diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Inductive.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Inductive.lean
index e58e6672c0..9d37683985 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Inductive.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Inductive.lean
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ def checkValidInductiveModifier [Monad m] [MonadError m] (modifiers : Modifiers)
     throwError "invalid use of 'noncomputable' in inductive declaration"
   if modifiers.isPartial then
     throwError "invalid use of 'partial' in inductive declaration"
-  unless modifiers.attrs.size == 0 || (modifiers.attrs.size == 1 && modifiers.attrs[0].name == `class) do
-    throwError "invalid use of attributes in inductive declaration"
 
 def checkValidCtorModifier [Monad m] [MonadError m] (modifiers : Modifiers) : m Unit := do
   if modifiers.isNoncomputable then
diff --git a/tests/lean/inductive1.lean b/tests/lean/inductive1.lean
index b16f61ee6d..f9d638bbe4 100644
--- a/tests/lean/inductive1.lean
+++ b/tests/lean/inductive1.lean
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ end Boo
 
 partial inductive T1 : Type -- invalid use of partial
 noncomputable inductive T1 : Type -- invalid use of noncomputable
-@[inline] inductive T1 : Type -- invalid use of attributes
+@[inline] inductive T1' : Type -- declaration is not a definition
 
 private inductive T1 : Type
 | private mk : T1 -- invalid private constructor in private inductive type
diff --git a/tests/lean/inductive1.lean.expected.out b/tests/lean/inductive1.lean.expected.out
index 9587a443b0..82dfbce113 100644
--- a/tests/lean/inductive1.lean.expected.out
+++ b/tests/lean/inductive1.lean.expected.out
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inductive1.lean:69:2-69:5: error: 'Boo.T1.bla' has already been declared
 inductive1.lean:73:10-73:12: error: 'Boo.T1' has already been declared
 inductive1.lean:80:0-80:27: error: invalid use of 'partial' in inductive declaration
 inductive1.lean:81:0-81:33: error: invalid use of 'noncomputable' in inductive declaration
-inductive1.lean:82:0-82:29: error: invalid use of attributes in inductive declaration
+inductive1.lean:82:10-82:30: error: declaration is not a definition 'T1''
 inductive1.lean:85:0-85:17: error: invalid 'private' constructor in a 'private' inductive datatype
 inductive1.lean:93:7-93:26: error: invalid inductive type, cannot mix unsafe and safe declarations in a mutually inductive datatypes
 inductive1.lean:100:0-100:4: error: constructor resulting type must be specified in inductive family declaration