diff --git a/langchain/vectorstores/chroma.py b/langchain/vectorstores/chroma.py
index 6b9be25e..59801f2b 100644
--- a/langchain/vectorstores/chroma.py
+++ b/langchain/vectorstores/chroma.py
@@ -109,29 +109,18 @@ class Chroma(VectorStore):
     ) -> List[Document]:
         """Query the chroma collection."""
         try:
-            import chromadb
+            import chromadb  # noqa: F401
         except ImportError:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Could not import chromadb python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install chromadb`."
             )
-
-        for i in range(n_results, 0, -1):
-            try:
-                return self._collection.query(
-                    query_texts=query_texts,
-                    query_embeddings=query_embeddings,
-                    n_results=i,
-                    where=where,
-                    **kwargs,
-                )
-            except chromadb.errors.NotEnoughElementsException:
-                logger.error(
-                    f"Chroma collection {self._collection.name} "
-                    f"contains fewer than {i} elements."
-                )
-        raise chromadb.errors.NotEnoughElementsException(
-            f"No documents found for Chroma collection {self._collection.name}"
+        return self._collection.query(
+            query_texts=query_texts,
+            query_embeddings=query_embeddings,
+            n_results=n_results,
+            where=where,
+            **kwargs,
         )
 
     def add_texts(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b93fb336..256304e3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langchain"
-version = "0.0.203"
+version = "0.0.204"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 authors = []
 license = "MIT"