diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
index 0966663a3..8af7a07fd 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        if "number_assets" not in self._pairlistconfig:
-            raise OperationalException(
-                "`number_assets` not specified. Please check your configuration "
-                'for "pairlist.config.number_assets"'
-            )
-
         if "pairlist_url" not in self._pairlistconfig:
             raise OperationalException(
                 "`pairlist_url` not specified. Please check your configuration "
@@ -45,7 +39,7 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
 
         self._mode = self._pairlistconfig.get("mode", "whitelist")
         self._processing_mode = self._pairlistconfig.get("processing_mode", "filter")
-        self._number_pairs = self._pairlistconfig["number_assets"]
+        self._number_pairs: int | None = self._pairlistconfig.get("number_assets", None)
         self._refresh_period: int = self._pairlistconfig.get("refresh_period", 1800)
         self._keep_pairlist_on_failure = self._pairlistconfig.get("keep_pairlist_on_failure", True)
         self._pair_cache: FtTTLCache = FtTTLCache(maxsize=1, ttl=self._refresh_period)
@@ -248,7 +242,8 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
 
         pairlist = expand_pairlist(pairlist, list(self._exchange.get_markets().keys()))
         pairlist = self._whitelist_for_active_markets(pairlist)
-        pairlist = pairlist[: self._number_pairs]
+        if self._number_pairs and (self._mode == "whitelist"):
+            pairlist = pairlist[: self._number_pairs]
 
         if pairlist:
             self._pair_cache["pairlist"] = pairlist.copy()
@@ -305,5 +300,6 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
             if filtered:
                 self.log_once(f"Blacklist - Filtered out pairs: {filtered}", logger.info)
 
-        merged_list = merged_list[: self._number_pairs]
+        if self._number_pairs:
+            merged_list = merged_list[: self._number_pairs]
         return merged_list
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
index 2c1e80bf4..9f4459904 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
@@ -137,25 +137,6 @@ def test_remote_pairlist_init_no_pairlist_url(mocker, rpl_config):
         get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, rpl_config)
 
 
-def test_remote_pairlist_init_no_number_assets(mocker, rpl_config):
-    rpl_config["pairlists"] = [
-        {
-            "method": "RemotePairList",
-            "pairlist_url": "http://example.com/pairlist",
-            "keep_pairlist_on_failure": True,
-        }
-    ]
-
-    get_patched_exchange(mocker, rpl_config)
-
-    with pytest.raises(
-        OperationalException,
-        match=r"`number_assets` not specified. "
-        'Please check your configuration for "pairlist.config.number_assets"',
-    ):
-        get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, rpl_config)
-
-
 def test_fetch_pairlist_mock_response_valid(mocker, rpl_config):
     rpl_config["pairlists"] = [
         {
@@ -341,3 +322,60 @@ def test_remote_pairlist_whitelist(mocker, rpl_config, processing_mode, markets,
 
     whitelist = remote_pairlist.filter_pairlist(rpl_config["exchange"]["pair_whitelist"], {})
     assert whitelist == (["XRP/USDT"] if processing_mode == "filter" else ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "number_assets, result",
+    [
+        (1, ["ETH/USDT"]),
+        (2, ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT"]),
+        (500, ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT"]),
+        (None, ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT"]),
+    ],
+)
+def test_remote_pairlist_whitelist_number_assets(
+    mocker, rpl_config, number_assets, result, markets, tickers
+):
+    mock_response = MagicMock()
+
+    mock_response.json.return_value = {
+        "pairs": ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT", "TKN/USDT"],
+        "refresh_period": 60,
+    }
+
+    mock_response.headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}
+
+    rpl_config["pairlists"] = [
+        {
+            "method": "RemotePairList",
+            "mode": "whitelist",
+            "pairlist_url": "http://example.com/pairlist",
+            "number_assets": number_assets,
+        },
+    ]
+
+    mocker.patch.multiple(
+        EXMS,
+        markets=PropertyMock(return_value=markets),
+        exchange_has=MagicMock(return_value=True),
+        get_tickers=tickers,
+    )
+
+    mocker.patch(
+        "freqtrade.plugins.pairlist.RemotePairList.requests.get", return_value=mock_response
+    )
+
+    exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, rpl_config)
+
+    pairlistmanager = PairListManager(exchange, rpl_config)
+
+    remote_pairlist = RemotePairList(
+        exchange, pairlistmanager, rpl_config, rpl_config["pairlists"][0], 0
+    )
+
+    pairs, _ = remote_pairlist.fetch_pairlist()
+
+    assert pairs == ["ETH/USDT", "XRP/USDT", "TKN/USDT"]
+
+    whitelist = remote_pairlist.filter_pairlist(rpl_config["exchange"]["pair_whitelist"], {})
+    assert whitelist == result