diff --git a/src/paperless_remote/parsers.py b/src/paperless_remote/parsers.py
index f12973399..4b636646f 100644
--- a/src/paperless_remote/parsers.py
+++ b/src/paperless_remote/parsers.py
@@ -109,6 +109,5 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser(RasterisedDocumentParser):
                 "No valid remote parser engine is configured, content will be empty.",
             )
             self.text = ""
-            return
         elif self.settings.engine == "azureai":
             self.text = self.azure_ai_vision_parse(document_path)
diff --git a/src/paperless_remote/tests/test_checks.py b/src/paperless_remote/tests/test_checks.py
index 892cb360d..8a257952e 100644
--- a/src/paperless_remote/tests/test_checks.py
+++ b/src/paperless_remote/tests/test_checks.py
@@ -22,9 +22,3 @@ class TestChecks(TestCase):
                 "Azure AI remote parser requires endpoint and API key to be configured.",
             ),
         )
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE="something")
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="somekey")
-    def test_valid_configuration(self):
-        msgs = check_remote_parser_configured(None)
-        self.assertEqual(len(msgs), 0)