diff --git a/backend/sync_server/src/server/create_document.rs b/backend/sync_server/src/server/create_document.rs
index fc55b02..c99af9c 100644
--- a/backend/sync_server/src/server/create_document.rs
+++ b/backend/sync_server/src/server/create_document.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ pub async fn create_document(
             &[], // the empty string is the first common parent of the two documents,
             &existing_version.content,
             &content_bytes,
-        )
-        .context("Failed to decode bytes as UTF-8")
-        .map_err(client_error)?;
+        );
 
         StoredDocumentVersion {
             vault_id,
diff --git a/backend/sync_server/src/server/update_document.rs b/backend/sync_server/src/server/update_document.rs
index 9ef1b17..9fc06a3 100644
--- a/backend/sync_server/src/server/update_document.rs
+++ b/backend/sync_server/src/server/update_document.rs
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ pub async fn update_document(
         &parent_document.content,
         &latest_version.content,
         &content_bytes,
-    )
-    .context("Failed to decode bytes as UTF-8")
-    .map_err(client_error)?;
+    );
 
     // We can only update the relative path if we're the first one to do so
     let new_relative_path = if parent_document.relative_path == latest_version.relative_path {