diff --git a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
index 133b2829..0405cd6a 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap/src/Editor.js
@@ -374,10 +374,6 @@ export default class Editor extends Emitter {
   }
 
   setContent(content = {}, emitUpdate = false, parseOptions) {
-    if (!this.view.editable) {
-      return
-    }
-
     const newState = EditorState.create({
       schema: this.state.schema,
       doc: this.createDocument(content, parseOptions),
diff --git a/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js b/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
index bf7a97b8..974dc76a 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap/test/Editor.spec.js
@@ -240,17 +240,6 @@ test('clear content', () => {
   expect(editor.getHTML()).toEqual('<p></p>')
 })
 
-test('clear content', () => {
-  const editor = new Editor({
-    editable: false,
-    content: '<p>Foo</p>',
-  })
-
-  editor.clearContent()
-
-  expect(editor.getHTML()).toEqual('<p>Foo</p>')
-})
-
 test('init callback', done => {
   const editor = new Editor({
     content: '<p>Foo</p>',