SERVER-48244 remove shell-side explain string validation

(cherry picked from commit c76a5544eb4423c7dbca6862fddf9371ce999f6f)

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/explainable.js b/src/mongo/shell/explainable.js
index 795326ab9d0..da130b9b13c 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/explainable.js
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/explainable.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 //
 
 var Explainable = (function() {
-
     var parseVerbosity = function(verbosity) {
         // Truthy non-strings are interpreted as "allPlansExecution" verbosity.
         if (verbosity && (typeof verbosity !== "string")) {
@@ -16,12 +15,7 @@ var Explainable = (function() {
             return "queryPlanner";
         }
 
-        // If we're here, then the verbosity is a string. We reject invalid strings.
-        if (verbosity !== "queryPlanner" && verbosity !== "executionStats" &&
-            verbosity !== "allPlansExecution") {
-            throw Error("explain verbosity must be one of {" + "'queryPlanner'," +
-                        "'executionStats'," + "'allPlansExecution'}");
-        }
+        // All verbosity strings are passed through. Server validates if it is a known option.
 
         return verbosity;
     };