diff --git a/src/core/server/services/users/helpers.ts b/src/core/server/services/users/helpers.ts
index 1dd793d38..c65d07a2d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/services/users/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/services/users/helpers.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH,
   USERNAME_REGEX,
 } from "coral-common/helpers/validate";
-
 import {
   EmailExceedsMaxLengthError,
   EmailInvalidFormatError,
diff --git a/src/core/server/services/users/users.ts b/src/core/server/services/users/users.ts
index d836ec0df..85e095459 100644
--- a/src/core/server/services/users/users.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/services/users/users.ts
@@ -630,9 +630,6 @@ export async function updateUsernameByID(
   username: string,
   createdBy: User
 ) {
-  // Validate the username.
-  validateUsername(username);
-
   return updateUserUsername(mongo, tenant.id, userID, username, createdBy.id);
 }