diff --git a/models/forgefed/activity.go b/models/forgefed/activity.go
index ae3b1493d0..c1ca57c4a8 100644
--- a/models/forgefed/activity.go
+++ b/models/forgefed/activity.go
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func (like ForgeLike) Validate() []string {
 	result = append(result, validation.ValidateNotEmpty(string(like.Type), "type")...)
 	result = append(result, validation.ValidateOneOf(string(like.Type), []any{"Like"}, "type")...)
 	if like.Actor == nil {
-		result = append(result, "Actor my not be nil.")
+		result = append(result, "Actor should not be nil.")
 	} else {
 		result = append(result, validation.ValidateNotEmpty(like.Actor.GetID().String(), "actor")...)
 	}
 	if like.Object == nil {
-		result = append(result, "Object my not be nil.")
+		result = append(result, "Object should not be nil.")
 	} else {
 		result = append(result, validation.ValidateNotEmpty(like.Object.GetID().String(), "object")...)
 	}
diff --git a/models/forgefed/actor_test.go b/models/forgefed/actor_test.go
index 88d2867429..9a1dbd4c3d 100644
--- a/models/forgefed/actor_test.go
+++ b/models/forgefed/actor_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestActorIdValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	sut.Host = "an.other.host"
 	sut.Port = ""
 	sut.UnvalidatedInput = "https://an.other.host/api/v1/activitypub/user-id/"
-	if sut.Validate()[0] != "Field userId should not be empty" {
+	if sut.Validate()[0] != "userId should not be empty" {
 		t.Errorf("validation error expected but was: %v\n", sut.Validate())
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/validation/validatable.go b/modules/validation/validatable.go
index f4f3d04da0..fc38ad2524 100644
--- a/modules/validation/validatable.go
+++ b/modules/validation/validatable.go
@@ -65,7 +65,3 @@ func ValidateOneOf(value any, allowed []any, name string) []string {
 	}
 	return []string{fmt.Sprintf("Value %v is not contained in allowed values %v", value, allowed)}
 }
-
-func ValidateSuffix(str, suffix string) bool {
-	return strings.HasSuffix(str, suffix)
-}