diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
index 3865ff0ee6bb9..ef857bad87471 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/device_parser.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments import TorchElasticEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.tuner.auto_gpu_select import pick_multiple_gpus
-from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _TPU_AVAILABLE
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.types import _DEVICE
 
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ def parse_tpu_cores(tpu_cores: Optional[Union[int, str, List[int]]]) -> Optional
 
     Raises:
         MisconfigurationException:
-            If TPU cores aren't 1 or 8 cores, or no TPU devices are found
+            If TPU cores aren't 1, 8 or [<1-8>]
     """
     _check_data_type(tpu_cores)
 
@@ -132,9 +131,6 @@ def parse_tpu_cores(tpu_cores: Optional[Union[int, str, List[int]]]) -> Optional
     if not _tpu_cores_valid(tpu_cores):
         raise MisconfigurationException("`tpu_cores` can only be 1, 8 or [<1-8>]")
 
-    if tpu_cores is not None and not _TPU_AVAILABLE:
-        raise MisconfigurationException("No TPU devices were found.")
-
     return tpu_cores
 
 
diff --git a/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py b/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
index 876c60d150dad..ccb7bc557b8e6 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ def test_ipython_compatible_dp_strategy_gpu(_, monkeypatch):
 
 
 @mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator.is_available", return_value=True)
-@mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator.parse_devices", return_value=8)
-def test_ipython_compatible_strategy_tpu(mock_devices, mock_tpu_acc_avail, monkeypatch):
+def test_ipython_compatible_strategy_tpu(mock_tpu_acc_avail, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.utilities, "_IS_INTERACTIVE", True)
     trainer = Trainer(accelerator="tpu")
     assert trainer.strategy.launcher is None or trainer.strategy.launcher.is_interactive_compatible
@@ -894,8 +893,7 @@ def test_strategy_choice_ddp_cpu_slurm(device_count_mock, setup_distributed_mock
 
 
 @mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator.is_available", return_value=True)
-@mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator.parse_devices", return_value=8)
-def test_unsupported_tpu_choice(mock_devices, mock_tpu_acc_avail):
+def test_unsupported_tpu_choice(mock_tpu_acc_avail):
 
     with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"accelerator='tpu', precision=64\)` is not implemented"):
         Trainer(accelerator="tpu", precision=64)
diff --git a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-8.py b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-8.py
index 4155804c4da80..8975a8a3d47c1 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-8.py
+++ b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-8.py
@@ -1139,9 +1139,8 @@ def test_trainer_gpus(monkeypatch, trainer_kwargs):
 
 
 def test_trainer_tpu_cores(monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator, "is_available", lambda: True)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator, "parse_devices", lambda: 8)
-    trainer = Trainer(accelerator="TPU", devices=8)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.accelerators.tpu.TPUAccelerator, "is_available", lambda _: True)
+    trainer = Trainer(accelerator="tpu", devices=8)
     with pytest.deprecated_call(
         match="`Trainer.tpu_cores` is deprecated in v1.6 and will be removed in v1.8. "
         "Please use `Trainer.num_devices` instead."