diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Internal/PathHelpers.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Internal/PathHelpers.cs
index 7ef8fe7baf..d46314c148 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Internal/PathHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Internal/PathHelpers.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Internal
             // absolutely necessary, but it allows us to already catch mistakes
             // on creation of the patch document rather than on execute.
 
-            if (path.Contains(".") || path.Contains("//") || path.Contains(" ") || path.Contains("\\"))
+            if (path.Contains("//") || path.Contains(" ") || path.Contains("\\"))
             {
                 throw new JsonPatchException(Resources.FormatInvalidValueForPath(path), null); 
             }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/JsonPatchDocumentTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/JsonPatchDocumentTest.cs
index 6b44b6696c..197e514cee 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/JsonPatchDocumentTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/JsonPatchDocumentTest.cs
@@ -45,24 +45,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch
                 exception.Message);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void InvalidPathWithDotShouldThrowException()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var patchDocument = new JsonPatchDocument();
-
-            // Act
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<JsonPatchException>(() =>
-            {
-                patchDocument.Add("NewInt.Test", 1);
-            });
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(
-               "The provided string 'NewInt.Test' is an invalid path.",
-                exception.Message);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void NonGenericPatchDocToGenericMustSerialize()
         {
@@ -177,4 +159,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch
             Assert.Equal("The JSON patch document was malformed and could not be parsed.", exception.Message);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}