diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
index 2df716556..e812b1a46 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Federator do
         Logger.debug("Unhandled actor #{actor}, #{inspect(e)}")
         {:error, e}
 
-      {:error, {:validate_object, _}} = e ->
-        Logger.error("Incoming AP doc validation error: #{inspect(e)}")
-        Logger.debug(Jason.encode!(params, pretty: true))
-        e
-
       e ->
         # Just drop those for now
         Logger.debug(fn -> "Unhandled activity\n" <> Jason.encode!(params, pretty: true) end)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
index 4b1f74a27..c7e6bc5ea 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.ReceiverWorker do
       # HTTP Sigs
       {:signature, false} -> {:cancel, :invalid_signature}
       {:error, :origin_containment_failed} -> {:cancel, :origin_containment_failed}
-      {:error, {:validate_object, _} = reason} -> {:cancel, reason}
       {:error, {:side_effects, {:error, :no_object_actor}} = reason} -> {:cancel, reason}
       {:error, _} = e -> e
       e -> {:error, e}