diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
index 17120d0de5c5f..284044dfadfef 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
@@ -2026,8 +2026,6 @@ def _str_repeat(self, repeats: int | Sequence[int]):
             raise NotImplementedError(
                 f"repeat is not implemented when repeats is {type(repeats).__name__}"
             )
-        elif pa_version_under7p0:
-            raise NotImplementedError("repeat is not implemented for pyarrow < 7")
         else:
             return type(self)(pc.binary_repeat(self._pa_array, repeats))