diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/German/info.txt b/xwords4/dawg/German/info.txt
index f6321981d..d3903f673 100644
--- a/xwords4/dawg/German/info.txt
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/German/info.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ LANGFILTER: tr -d '\r'
 LANGFILTER: | sed -e 's/ß/SS/g'
 # uppercase all
 LANGFILTER: | tr [a-zäöü] [A-ZÄÖÜ]
-# no words not containing a vowel
-LANGFILTER: | grep '[AEIOUÄÖÜ]' 
 # none with illegal chars
 LANGFILTER: | grep '^[A-ZÄÖÜ]\+$'