From f58f410b216d39b71850f14db97eb699cf75f5ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Murray <radarhere@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:30:59 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] ALPHA by itself does not mean bitcount is valid

---
 src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
index bf3807c84..b27781f3c 100644
--- a/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
@@ -368,12 +368,6 @@ class DdsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                 msg = f"Unsupported bitcount {bitcount} for {pfflags}"
                 raise OSError(msg)
             rawmode = rawmode[::-1]
-        elif pfflags & DDPF.ALPHA:
-            if bitcount == 8:
-                self._mode = "L"
-            else:
-                msg = f"Unsupported bitcount {bitcount} for {pfflags}"
-                raise OSError(msg)
         elif pfflags & DDPF.LUMINANCE:
             if bitcount == 8:
                 self._mode = "L"