diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 7771e4c..5dd227a 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ baseurl = ["https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.15-b
 # baseurl = ["http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/f44-build/latest/$basearch/"]
 metadata_expire = 60
 
+# comment this section out to stop checking for prerel-abi
 [prerel]
 current_version = "3.15.0~beta1"
 
diff --git a/jobs.py b/jobs.py
index 59a56c5..936b479 100644
--- a/jobs.py
+++ b/jobs.py
@@ -336,10 +336,7 @@ def _filter_components_with_unsatisfied_prerel_abi(components_done):
     import rpm
 
     # Get the expected prerel-abi version from config
-    expected_version = CONFIG.get('prerel', {}).get('current_version')
-    if not expected_version:
-        log('  • Warning: No prerel.current_version found in config.toml, skipping prerel-abi filtering')
-        return components_done, set()
+    expected_version = CONFIG['prerel']['current_version']
 
     filtered = ReverseLookupDict()
     blocked_components = set()
@@ -399,8 +396,10 @@ def initialize_component_data():
     )
     
     # Filter out components with unsatisfied prerel-abi dependencies
-    components_done, prerel_abi_blocked = _filter_components_with_unsatisfied_prerel_abi(components_done)
-    
+    prerel_abi_blocked = set()
+    if CONFIG.get('prerel'):
+        components_done, prerel_abi_blocked = _filter_components_with_unsatisfied_prerel_abi(components_done)
+
     binary_rpms = components.all_values()
     
     return RebuildContext(