diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/js/RangesManager.js b/services/document-updater/app/js/RangesManager.js
index 37006ac1d0..c146afda60 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/js/RangesManager.js
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/js/RangesManager.js
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ const RangesManager = {
       }
     }
 
-    sanityCheckTrackedChanges(
-      projectId,
-      docId,
-      rangesTracker.changes,
-      getDocLength(newDocLines)
-    )
-
     if (
       rangesTracker.changes?.length > RangesManager.MAX_CHANGES ||
       rangesTracker.comments?.length > RangesManager.MAX_COMMENTS
@@ -139,12 +132,6 @@ const RangesManager = {
     logger.debug(`accepting ${changeIds.length} changes in ranges`)
     const rangesTracker = new RangesTracker(changes, comments)
     rangesTracker.removeChangeIds(changeIds)
-    sanityCheckTrackedChanges(
-      projectId,
-      docId,
-      rangesTracker.changes,
-      getDocLength(lines)
-    )
     const newRanges = RangesManager._getRanges(rangesTracker)
     return newRanges
   },
@@ -587,88 +574,4 @@ function getCroppedCommentOps(op, comments) {
   return historyCommentOps
 }
 
-/**
- * Check some tracked changes assumptions:
- *
- * - Tracked changes can't be empty
- * - Tracked inserts can't overlap with another tracked change
- * - There can't be two tracked deletes at the same position
- * - Ranges should be ordered by position, deletes before inserts
- *
- * If any assumption isn't upheld, log a warning.
- *
- * @param {string} projectId
- * @param {string} docId
- * @param {TrackedChange[]} changes
- * @param {number} docLength
- */
-function sanityCheckTrackedChanges(projectId, docId, changes, docLength) {
-  let lastDeletePos = -1 // allow a tracked delete at position 0
-  let lastInsertEnd = 0
-  let ok = true
-  let badChangeIndex
-  for (let i = 0; i < changes.length; i++) {
-    const change = changes[i]
-
-    const op = change.op
-    if ('i' in op) {
-      if (
-        op.i.length === 0 ||
-        op.p < lastDeletePos ||
-        op.p < lastInsertEnd ||
-        op.p < 0 ||
-        op.p + op.i.length > docLength
-      ) {
-        ok = false
-        badChangeIndex = i
-        break
-      }
-      lastInsertEnd = op.p + op.i.length
-    } else if ('d' in op) {
-      if (
-        op.d.length === 0 ||
-        op.p <= lastDeletePos ||
-        op.p < lastInsertEnd ||
-        op.p < 0 ||
-        op.p > docLength
-      ) {
-        ok = false
-        badChangeIndex = i
-        break
-      }
-      lastDeletePos = op.p
-      if (lastDeletePos >= docLength) {
-        badChangeIndex = i
-        break
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (ok) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  const changeRanges = []
-  for (const change of changes) {
-    if ('i' in change.op) {
-      changeRanges.push({
-        id: change.id,
-        p: change.op.p,
-        i: change.op.i.length,
-      })
-    } else if ('d' in change.op) {
-      changeRanges.push({
-        id: change.id,
-        p: change.op.p,
-        d: change.op.d.length,
-      })
-    }
-  }
-
-  logger.warn(
-    { projectId, docId, changes: changeRanges, badChangeIndex },
-    'Malformed tracked changes detected'
-  )
-}
-
 module.exports = RangesManager