diff --git a/changes/3068.bugfix.rst b/changes/3068.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ada322c13..0000000000
--- a/changes/3068.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Trying to open an array with ``mode='r'`` when the store is not read-only now raises an error.
diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_common.py b/src/zarr/storage/_common.py
index f264728cf2..c351ec4702 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_common.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_common.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Self, TypeAlias
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, TypeAlias
 
 from zarr.abc.store import ByteRequest, Store
 from zarr.core.buffer import Buffer, default_buffer_prototype
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ def read_only(self) -> bool:
         return self.store.read_only
 
     @classmethod
-    async def open(cls, store: Store, path: str, mode: AccessModeLiteral | None = None) -> Self:
+    async def open(
+        cls, store: Store, path: str, mode: AccessModeLiteral | None = None
+    ) -> StorePath:
         """
         Open StorePath based on the provided mode.
 
@@ -72,9 +74,6 @@ async def open(cls, store: Store, path: str, mode: AccessModeLiteral | None = No
         ------
         FileExistsError
             If the mode is 'w-' and the store path already exists.
-        ValueError
-            If the mode is not "r" and the store is read-only, or
-            if the mode is "r" and the store is not read-only.
         """
 
         await store._ensure_open()
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@ async def open(cls, store: Store, path: str, mode: AccessModeLiteral | None = No
 
         if store.read_only and mode != "r":
             raise ValueError(f"Store is read-only but mode is '{mode}'")
-        if not store.read_only and mode == "r":
-            raise ValueError(f"Store is not read-only but mode is '{mode}'")
 
         match mode:
             case "w-":
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 2a95d7b97c..c75e85e7f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def test_v2_and_v3_exist_at_same_path(store: Store) -> None:
     zarr.create_array(store, shape=(10,), dtype="uint8", zarr_format=2)
     msg = f"Both zarr.json (Zarr format 3) and .zarray (Zarr format 2) metadata objects exist at {store}. Zarr v3 will be used."
     with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match=re.escape(msg)):
-        zarr.open(store=store)
+        zarr.open(store=store, mode="r")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("store", ["memory"], indirect=True)
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ def test_no_overwrite_open(tmp_path: Path, open_func: Callable, mode: str) -> No
     existing_fpath = add_empty_file(tmp_path)
 
     assert existing_fpath.exists()
-    with contextlib.suppress(FileExistsError, FileNotFoundError, ValueError):
+    with contextlib.suppress(FileExistsError, FileNotFoundError):
         open_func(store=store, mode=mode)
     if mode == "w":
         assert not existing_fpath.exists()
diff --git a/tests/test_array.py b/tests/test_array.py
index 3fc7b3938c..3e8ef293ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/tests/test_array.py
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ async def test_name(store: Store, zarr_format: ZarrFormat, path: str | None) ->
             for parent_path in parents:
                 # this will raise if these groups were not created
                 _ = await zarr.api.asynchronous.open_group(
-                    store=store, path=parent_path, zarr_format=zarr_format
+                    store=store, path=parent_path, mode="r", zarr_format=zarr_format
                 )
 
 
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ def test_roundtrip_numcodecs() -> None:
 
     BYTES_CODEC = {"name": "bytes", "configuration": {"endian": "little"}}
     # Read in the array again and check compressor config
-    root = zarr.open_group(store)
+    root = zarr.open_group(store, mode="r")
     metadata = root["test"].metadata.to_dict()
     expected = (*filters, BYTES_CODEC, *compressors)
     assert metadata["codecs"] == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_core.py b/tests/test_store/test_core.py
index e9c9319ad3..2677a83241 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_core.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import pytest
 from _pytest.compat import LEGACY_PATH
 
-import zarr
 from zarr import Group
 from zarr.core.common import AccessModeLiteral, ZarrFormat
 from zarr.storage import FsspecStore, LocalStore, MemoryStore, StoreLike, StorePath
@@ -261,10 +260,3 @@ def test_relativize_path_invalid() -> None:
     msg = f"The first component of {path} does not start with {prefix}."
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
         _relativize_path(path="a/b/c", prefix="b")
-
-
-def test_invalid_open_mode() -> None:
-    store = MemoryStore()
-    zarr.create((100,), store=store, zarr_format=2, path="a")
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Store is not read-only but mode is 'r'"):
-        zarr.open_array(store=store, path="a", zarr_format=2, mode="r")