diff --git a/service/policy/unsafe/unsafe.go b/service/policy/unsafe/unsafe.go
index 1cc77877a..5b5be02be 100644
--- a/service/policy/unsafe/unsafe.go
+++ b/service/policy/unsafe/unsafe.go
@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ func (s *UnsafeService) DeleteAttribute(ctx context.Context, req *unsafe.DeleteA
 		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, db.ErrTextGetRetrievalFailed, slog.String("id", req.GetId()))
 	}
 
-	// TODO: move this down into db call
-	if existing.GetFqn() != req.GetFqn() {
-		return nil, db.StatusifyError(db.ErrNotFound, db.ErrTextGetRetrievalFailed, slog.String("id", req.GetId()), slog.String("fqn", req.GetFqn()))
-	}
-
 	deleted, err := s.dbClient.UnsafeDeleteAttribute(ctx, existing, req.GetFqn())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, db.ErrTextDeletionFailed, slog.String("id", req.GetId()))