diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/Accounts.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/Accounts.java
index 507946a79..e26d62076 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/Accounts.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/Accounts.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Counter;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Timer;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.AttributeValues;
@@ -78,9 +74,6 @@ public class Accounts extends AbstractDynamoDbStore {
   private static final Timer GET_ALL_FROM_OFFSET_TIMER = Metrics.timer(name(Accounts.class, "getAllFromOffset"));
   private static final Timer DELETE_TIMER = Metrics.timer(name(Accounts.class, "delete"));
 
-  private static final Counter INVALID_ACI_IDENTITY_KEY_COUNTER = Metrics.counter(name(Accounts.class, "invalidIdentityKey"), "identity", "aci");
-  private static final Counter INVALID_PNI_IDENTITY_KEY_COUNTER = Metrics.counter(name(Accounts.class, "invalidIdentityKey"), "identity", "pni");
-
   private static final String CONDITIONAL_CHECK_FAILED = "ConditionalCheckFailed";
 
   private static final String TRANSACTION_CONFLICT = "TransactionConflict";
@@ -866,9 +859,6 @@ public class Accounts extends AbstractDynamoDbStore {
           .map(AttributeValue::bool)
           .orElse(false));
 
-      checkIdentityKey(account.getIdentityKey(), INVALID_ACI_IDENTITY_KEY_COUNTER);
-      checkIdentityKey(account.getPhoneNumberIdentityKey(), INVALID_PNI_IDENTITY_KEY_COUNTER);
-
       return account;
 
     } catch (final IOException e) {
@@ -876,16 +866,6 @@ public class Accounts extends AbstractDynamoDbStore {
     }
   }
 
-  private static void checkIdentityKey(final String identityKey, final Counter invalidIdentityKeyCounter) {
-    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(identityKey)) {
-      try {
-        Base64.getDecoder().decode(identityKey);
-      } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
-        invalidIdentityKeyCounter.increment();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   private static boolean conditionalCheckFailed(final CancellationReason reason) {
     return CONDITIONAL_CHECK_FAILED.equals(reason.code());
   }