diff --git a/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go b/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
index 6221cbcda2..9761cbb17b 100644
--- a/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
+++ b/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/sliceutils"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/strutils"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/sysinfo"
-	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
@@ -660,19 +659,6 @@ func (p *Project) parseURL() (projectURL, error) {
 	return parseURL(p.Project)
 }
 
-func validateUUID(uuidStr string) error {
-	if ok := strfmt.Default.Validates("uuid", uuidStr); !ok {
-		return locale.NewError("err_commit_id_invalid", "", uuidStr)
-	}
-
-	var uuid strfmt.UUID
-	if err := uuid.UnmarshalText([]byte(uuidStr)); err != nil {
-		return locale.WrapError(err, "err_commit_id_unmarshal", "Failed to unmarshal the commit id {{.V0}} read from activestate.yaml.", uuidStr)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func parseURL(rawURL string) (projectURL, error) {
 	p := projectURL{}
 
@@ -701,12 +687,6 @@ func parseURL(rawURL string) (projectURL, error) {
 		p.LegacyCommitID = c
 	}
 
-	if p.LegacyCommitID != "" {
-		if err := validateUUID(p.LegacyCommitID); err != nil {
-			return p, err
-		}
-	}
-
 	if b := q.Get("branch"); b != "" {
 		p.BranchName = b
 	}