diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
index 11910138e..276b447ec 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
@@ -236,20 +236,6 @@ class SchemaValidator
             }
         }
 
-        foreach ($class->reflClass->getProperties(\ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC) as $publicAttr) {
-            if ($publicAttr->isStatic()) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if ( ! isset($class->fieldMappings[$publicAttr->getName()]) &&
-                ! isset($class->associationMappings[$publicAttr->getName()])) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $ce[] = "Field '".$publicAttr->getName()."' in class '".$class->name."' must be private ".
-                    "or protected. Public fields may break lazy-loading.";
-        }
-
         foreach ($class->subClasses as $subClass) {
             if (!in_array($class->name, class_parents($subClass))) {
                 $ce[] = "According to the discriminator map class '" . $subClass . "' has to be a child ".
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaValidatorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaValidatorTest.php
index a575db0c0..c09f336c9 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaValidatorTest.php
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ class SchemaValidatorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         foreach ($classes as $class) {
             $ce = $validator->validateClass($class);
 
-            foreach ($ce as $key => $error) {
-                if (strpos($error, "must be private or protected. Public fields may break lazy-loading.") !== false) {
-                    unset($ce[$key]);
-                }
-            }
-
             $this->assertEquals(0, count($ce), "Invalid Modelset: " . $modelSet . " class " . $class->name . ": ". implode("\n", $ce));
         }
     }