diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8f4d1ae..0e2d62c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pophelper 2.2.7
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 * 23-May-2018
 * With joined plots, group labels and sorting, div lines were incorrectly printed causing plots to be misaligned. This has been resolved.
+* Removed restriction of setting 'ordergrp=T' when sorting by cluster or 'all'.
 
 pophelper 2.2.6
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diff --git a/R/pophelper.R b/R/pophelper.R
index d4c2681..6e65830 100644
--- a/R/pophelper.R
+++ b/R/pophelper.R
@@ -2976,8 +2976,6 @@ plotQ <- function(qlist=NULL,imgoutput="sep",clustercol=NA,sortind=NA,grplab=NA,
   {
     # checks
     if(flen < 2) stop("plotQ: Joined plot cannot be created. Number of selected files less than 2.")
-    if(grplabcheck && grplablen>1 && sortindcheck!="empty" && !ordergrp) stop("plotQ: With Joined plot, when using grplab with multiple label groups and sorting by cluster or 'all', set 'ordergrp=TRUE'.")
-
     tempdf <- tabulateQ(qlist,sorttable=FALSE)
     
     # checks if num of individuals differ between runs