diff --git i/marge/job.py w/marge/job.py
index ae707c0..404fb18 100644
--- i/marge/job.py
+++ w/marge/job.py
@@ -616,8 +616,6 @@ def _get_reviewer_names_and_emails(
     self_reviewed = {commit["author_email"] for commit in commits} & {
         user.email for user in users
     }
-    if self_reviewed and len(users) <= 1:
-        raise CannotMerge("Commits require at least one independent reviewer.")
     return [f"{user.name} <{user.email}>" for user in users]
 
 
diff --git i/tests/test_approvals.py w/tests/test_approvals.py
index a65ae95..ecb38a4 100644
--- i/tests/test_approvals.py
+++ w/tests/test_approvals.py
@@ -168,20 +168,6 @@ class TestApprovals:
             commits=[], approvals=self.approvals, api=self.api
         ) == ["Administrator <root@localhost>", "Roger Ebert <ebert@example.com>"]
 
-    @patch("marge.user.User.fetch_by_id")
-    def test_approvals_fails_when_same_author(self, user_fetch_by_id):
-        info = dict(INFO, approved_by=list(INFO["approved_by"]))
-        del info["approved_by"][1]
-        approvals = Approvals(self.api, info)
-        user_fetch_by_id.side_effect = lambda id, _: marge.user.User(
-            self.api, USERS[id]
-        )
-        commits = [{"author_email": "root@localhost"}]
-        with pytest.raises(CannotMerge):
-            _get_reviewer_names_and_emails(
-                commits=commits, approvals=approvals, api=self.api
-            )
-
     @patch("marge.user.User.fetch_by_id")
     def test_approvals_succeeds_with_independent_author(self, user_fetch_by_id):
         user_fetch_by_id.side_effect = lambda id, _: marge.user.User(