diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
index bcb86cdfbebbc..2ef859edb4fd7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ protected function configure()
      *
      * @see setCode()
      */
-    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     {
         throw new LogicException('You must override the execute() method in the concrete command class.');
     }
@@ -256,10 +256,6 @@ public function run(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             $statusCode = ($this->code)($input, $output);
         } else {
             $statusCode = $this->execute($input, $output);
-
-            if (!\is_int($statusCode)) {
-                throw new \TypeError(sprintf('Return value of "%s::execute()" must be of the type int, "%s" returned.', static::class, get_debug_type($statusCode)));
-            }
         }
 
         return is_numeric($statusCode) ? (int) $statusCode : 0;