diff --git a/app/models/status_reference.rb b/app/models/status_reference.rb
index 62be6df3b119de..dd912d995c32cb 100644
--- a/app/models/status_reference.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_reference.rb
@@ -17,15 +17,10 @@ class StatusReference < ApplicationRecord
 
   has_one :notification, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
 
-  validate :validate_status_visibilities
   after_commit :reset_parent_cache
 
   private
 
-  def validate_status_visibilities
-    raise Mastodon::ValidationError, I18n.t('status_references.errors.invalid_status_visibilities') if [:public, :public_unlisted, :unlisted, :login].exclude?(target_status.visibility.to_sym)
-  end
-
   def reset_parent_cache
     Rails.cache.delete("statuses/#{status_id}")
     Rails.cache.delete("statuses/#{target_status_id}")