diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/DatabaseService.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/DatabaseService.cs
index 0cf94be4..10eaa758 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/DatabaseService.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/DatabaseService.cs
@@ -182,72 +182,4 @@ public class DatabaseService(
 
         return databaseServer.GetTables().Templates?.LocationServices!;
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Validates that the database doesn't contain invalid ID data
-    /// </summary>
-    public void ValidateDatabase()
-    {
-        var start = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-
-        _isDataValid =
-            ValidateTable(GetQuests(), "quest")
-            && ValidateTable(GetTraders(), "trader")
-            && ValidateTable(GetItems(), "item")
-            && ValidateTable(GetCustomization(), "customization");
-
-        if (!_isDataValid)
-        {
-            logger.Error(serverLocalisationService.GetText("database-invalid_data"));
-        }
-
-        start.Stop();
-        if (logger.IsLogEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
-        {
-            logger.Debug($"ID validation took: {start.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Validate that the given table only contains valid MongoIDs
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="table"> Table to validate for MongoIDs</param>
-    /// <param name="tableType"> The type of table, used in output message </param>
-    /// <returns> True if the table only contains valid data </returns>
-    private bool ValidateTable<T>(Dictionary<string, T> table, string tableType)
-    {
-        foreach (var keyValuePair in table)
-        {
-            if (!keyValuePair.Key.IsValidMongoId())
-            {
-                logger.Error($"Invalid {tableType} ID: '{keyValuePair.Key}'");
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private bool ValidateTable<T>(Dictionary<MongoId, T> table, string tableType)
-    {
-        foreach (var keyValuePair in table)
-        {
-            if (!keyValuePair.Key.IsValidMongoId())
-            {
-                logger.Error($"Invalid {tableType} ID: '{keyValuePair.Key}'");
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Check if the database is valid
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <returns> True if the database contains valid data, false otherwise </returns>
-    public bool IsDatabaseValid()
-    {
-        return _isDataValid;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/PostDbLoadService.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/PostDbLoadService.cs
index beeaf3d4..0fa90947 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/PostDbLoadService.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/PostDbLoadService.cs
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ public class PostDbLoadService(
         // add items gets left out,causing warnings
         itemBaseClassService.HydrateItemBaseClassCache();
 
-        // Validate that only mongoIds exist in items, quests, and traders
-        // Kill the startup if not.
-        // TODO: We can probably remove this in a couple versions
-        databaseService.ValidateDatabase();
-        if (!databaseService.IsDatabaseValid())
-        {
-            throw new Exception("Server start failure, database invalid");
-        }
-
         AddCustomLooseLootPositions();
 
         MergeCustomAchievements();
diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Utils/App.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Utils/App.cs
index 31205666..c7ad8938 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Utils/App.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Utils/App.cs
@@ -78,15 +78,6 @@ public class App(
     {
         while (!appLifeTime.ApplicationStopping.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
-            // If the server has failed to start, skip any update calls
-            if (!databaseService.IsDatabaseValid())
-            {
-                await Task.Delay(5000, appLifeTime.ApplicationStopping);
-
-                // Skip forward to the next loop
-                continue;
-            }
-
             foreach (var updateable in onUpdateComponents)
             {
                 var updateableName = updateable.GetType().FullName;