diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
index bd546d467a5..8c09df84edd 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
@@ -628,6 +628,22 @@ describe('theme-fs', () => {
         expect(result).toBeFalsy()
       })
     })
+
+    test(`returns true for a valid theme directory`, async () => {
+      await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmpDir) => {
+        // Given
+        const root = tmpDir
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'config'))
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'layout'))
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'templates'))
+
+        // When
+        const result = await hasRequiredThemeDirectories(root)
+
+        // Then
+        expect(result).toBeTruthy()
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('listing functionality', () => {
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
index 68f6f6ac22d..9692a5c9ac2 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ export async function hasRequiredThemeDirectories(path: string) {
     }),
   )
 
-  const requiredDirectories = ['config', 'layout', 'sections', 'templates']
-
+  const requiredDirectories = ['config', 'layout', 'templates']
   return requiredDirectories.every((dir) => directories.has(dir))
 }