# must fail: receipts_claims_O3 receipts_ancestor_no_publisher receipts_ancestor_any_object
# a soft binding of another object reported as attesting the object in hand (receipts::check_claim)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
index f2bdba57..023cf830 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ pub fn check_claim(
     let attests = match claim.subject_type {
         SubjectType::Object if claim.subject == *cid => Attests::Object,
         SubjectType::Receipt if groups.contains(&claim.subject) => Attests::Receipt,
-        SubjectType::Object if claim.class() == ClaimClass::SoftBinding && publisher(&claim.subject).is_some() => Attests::Ancestor,
+        SubjectType::Object if claim.class() == ClaimClass::SoftBinding => Attests::Object,
         _ => return Err(ReceiptRefusal::NotAboutObject),
     };
     claim.verify().map_err(ReceiptRefusal::Claim)?;