diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6a9dabc..02b36bf 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -319,10 +319,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (*s == ',') opt.e2 = strtol(s + 1, &s, 10);
 		}
 	}
-	if ((opt.flag & MM_F_SPLICE) && (opt.flag & MM_F_FRAG_MODE)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR]\033[1;31m --splice and --frag should not be specified at the same time.\033[0m\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
 	if (!fnw && !(opt.flag&MM_F_CIGAR))
 		ipt.flag |= MM_I_NO_SEQ;
 	if (mm_check_opt(&ipt, &opt) < 0)
diff --git a/minimap.h b/minimap.h
index b735980..64dfe33 100644
--- a/minimap.h
+++ b/minimap.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.28-r1234-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.28-r1235-dirty"
 
 #define MM_F_NO_DIAG       (0x001LL) // no exact diagonal hit
 #define MM_F_NO_DUAL       (0x002LL) // skip pairs where query name is lexicographically larger than target name