diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
index d65062419477c..5df55bf411d47 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ def __new__(
             raise TypeError("Must pass both levels and codes")
         if len(levels) != len(codes):
             raise ValueError("Length of levels and codes must be the same.")
-        if len(levels) == 0:
-            raise ValueError("Must pass non-zero number of levels/codes")
+        # if len(levels) == 0:
+        #    raise ValueError("Must pass non-zero number of levels/codes")
 
         result = object.__new__(cls)
         result._cache = {}