diff --git a/langchain/agents/agent.py b/langchain/agents/agent.py
index 51972d69..fbb1ff6c 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/agent.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/agent.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 import yaml
 from pydantic import BaseModel, root_validator
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class BaseSingleActionAgent(BaseModel):
         """Return values of the agent."""
         return ["output"]
 
-    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Set[str]:
-        return set()
+    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        return None
 
     @abstractmethod
     def plan(
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ class BaseMultiActionAgent(BaseModel):
         """Return values of the agent."""
         return ["output"]
 
-    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Set[str]:
-        return set()
+    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        return None
 
     @abstractmethod
     def plan(
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ class Agent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
 
     llm_chain: LLMChain
     output_parser: AgentOutputParser
-    allowed_tools: Set[str] = set()
+    allowed_tools: Optional[List[str]] = None
 
-    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Set[str]:
+    def get_allowed_tools(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
         return self.allowed_tools
 
     @property
@@ -629,11 +629,12 @@ class AgentExecutor(Chain):
         agent = values["agent"]
         tools = values["tools"]
         allowed_tools = agent.get_allowed_tools()
-        if allowed_tools != set([tool.name for tool in tools]):
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Allowed tools ({allowed_tools}) different than "
-                f"provided tools ({[tool.name for tool in tools]})"
-            )
+        if allowed_tools is not None:
+            if set(allowed_tools) != set([tool.name for tool in tools]):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Allowed tools ({allowed_tools}) different than "
+                    f"provided tools ({[tool.name for tool in tools]})"
+                )
         return values
 
     @root_validator()
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/agent/__init__.py b/tests/integration_tests/agent/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 117480e1..00000000
--- a/tests/integration_tests/agent/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"""All integration tests for agent."""
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/agent/test_agent.py b/tests/integration_tests/agent/test_agent.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b423414e..00000000
--- a/tests/integration_tests/agent/test_agent.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from langchain.agents.chat.base import ChatAgent
-from langchain.llms.openai import OpenAI
-from langchain.tools.ddg_search.tool import DuckDuckGoSearchRun
-
-
-class TestAgent:
-    def test_agent_generation(self) -> None:
-        web_search = DuckDuckGoSearchRun()
-        tools = [web_search]
-        agent = ChatAgent.from_llm_and_tools(
-            ai_name="Tom",
-            ai_role="Assistant",
-            tools=tools,
-            llm=OpenAI(maxTokens=10),
-        )
-        assert agent.allowed_tools == set([web_search.name])