# must fail: receipts_ancestor_value_mismatch receipts_ancestor_no_matcher receipts_ancestor_no_publisher
# a soft binding of another object reported as attesting the ancestor without §3.2's recovery (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..d0e7543b 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::Ancestor,
         _ => return Err(ReceiptRefusal::NotAboutObject),
     };
     claim.verify().map_err(ReceiptRefusal::Claim)?;
@@ -696,9 +696,7 @@ pub fn check_claim(
     let no_matchers: [&dyn SoftBindingMatcher; 0] = [];
     let matchers = recovery.map_or(&no_matchers[..], |r| r.matchers);
     if attests == Attests::Ancestor {
-        let r = recovery.expect("a publisher key came from the recovery");
-        let key = publisher(&claim.subject).expect("checked above");
-        crate::claim_receipt::recover(&claim, &key, r.observed_value, Some(*cid), matchers).map_err(ReceiptRefusal::Recovery)?;
+        let _ = (recovery, publisher, cid);
     } else {
         step6(&claim, passed, fetch, matchers)?;
     }