diff --git a/tpl/strings/strings.go b/tpl/strings/strings.go
index 7bd6a9af0..d7d8f2d85 100644
--- a/tpl/strings/strings.go
+++ b/tpl/strings/strings.go
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Repeat(n, s interface{}) (string, error) {
 
 	if sn < 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("strings: negative Repeat count")
-	} else if sn > 0 && len(ss)*sn/sn != len(ss) {
-		return "", errors.New("strings: Repeat count causes overflow")
 	}
 
 	return _strings.Repeat(ss, sn), nil
diff --git a/tpl/strings/strings_test.go b/tpl/strings/strings_test.go
index 6f714702c..69863c30d 100644
--- a/tpl/strings/strings_test.go
+++ b/tpl/strings/strings_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package strings
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"math"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
@@ -730,7 +729,7 @@ func TestRepeat(t *testing.T) {
 		// errors
 		{"", tstNoStringer{}, false},
 		{tstNoStringer{}, "", false},
-		{"ab", math.MaxInt64, false},
+		{"ab", -1, false},
 	} {
 		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %v", i, test)