# must fail: key_log_anchor_too_large key_log_cached_too_large
# a key log past its cap read, anchored or cached (keys::anchor_retrieved, keys::hold_cached_revisions)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/keys.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/keys.rs
index 68832c79..79700d2c 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/keys.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/keys.rs
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ pub fn anchor_retrieved(
     if retrieval.status != 200 {
         return Err(KeysRefusal::NotFromOrigin("the answer is not a 200"));
     }
-    if body.len() > MAX_KEY_LOG_BYTES {
-        return Err(KeysRefusal::TooLarge);
-    }
     let text = std::str::from_utf8(body).map_err(|_| KeysRefusal::Log(Reason::KeyLogMalformed))?;
     match anchor_log(origin, text, AnchorPath::Fetched { acquired_at: acquired_at.into() }, current) {
         Anchoring::Anchored(a) => Ok(a),
@@ -182,9 +179,6 @@ pub fn hold_cached_revisions(origin: &str, body: &[u8], anchor: &Anchor, held: &
     if anchor.origin != origin {
         return Err(KeysRefusal::Log(Reason::OriginNotAnchored));
     }
-    if body.len() > MAX_KEY_LOG_BYTES {
-        return Err(KeysRefusal::TooLarge);
-    }
     let text = std::str::from_utf8(body).map_err(|_| KeysRefusal::Log(Reason::KeyLogMalformed))?;
     let revs = read_log(origin, text).map_err(KeysRefusal::Log)?;
     let by: BTreeMap<[u8; 32], &Revision> =