diff --git a/src/Formats/ReadSchemaUtils.cpp b/src/Formats/ReadSchemaUtils.cpp
index 3e88b51152d..ccb017a60ac 100644
--- a/src/Formats/ReadSchemaUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/Formats/ReadSchemaUtils.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ColumnsDescription readSchemaFromFormat(
         }
     }
     else
-        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "{} file format doesn't support schema inference", format_name);
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "{} file format doesn't support schema inference. You must specify the structure manually", format_name);
 
     return ColumnsDescription(names_and_types);
 }
diff --git a/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp b/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
index 3388a7ec9f6..cf4a62a30f4 100644
--- a/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
+++ b/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
@@ -25,24 +25,6 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int BAD_ARGUMENTS;
 }
 
-namespace
-{
-    void checkIfFormatSupportsAutoStructure(const String & name, const String & format)
-    {
-        if (name == "file" && format == "Distributed")
-            return;
-
-        if (FormatFactory::instance().checkIfFormatHasAnySchemaReader(format))
-            return;
-
-        throw Exception(
-            "Table function '" + name
-                + "' allows automatic structure determination only for formats that support schema inference and for Distributed format in table function "
-                  "'file'",
-            ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH);
-    }
-}
-
 void ITableFunctionFileLike::parseArguments(const ASTPtr & ast_function, ContextPtr context)
 {
     /// Parse args
@@ -68,18 +50,13 @@ void ITableFunctionFileLike::parseArguments(const ASTPtr & ast_function, Context
         format = FormatFactory::instance().getFormatFromFileName(filename, true);
 
     if (args.size() <= 2)
-    {
-        checkIfFormatSupportsAutoStructure(getName(), format);
         return;
-    }
 
     if (args.size() != 3 && args.size() != 4)
         throw Exception("Table function '" + getName() + "' requires 1, 2, 3 or 4 arguments: filename, format (default auto), structure (default auto) and compression method (default auto)",
             ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH);
 
     structure = args[2]->as<ASTLiteral &>().value.safeGet<String>();
-    if (structure == "auto")
-        checkIfFormatSupportsAutoStructure(getName(), format);
 
     if (structure.empty())
         throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS,
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d00491fd7e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.reference
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ea9dba2696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02269_insert_select_with_format_without_schema_inference.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+insert into function file('02269_data', 'RowBinary') select 1;
+select * from file('02269_data', 'RowBinary', 'x UInt8');