diff --git a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_incoming_pdu.rs b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_incoming_pdu.rs
index 4b2927ec2..2d105755c 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_incoming_pdu.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_incoming_pdu.rs
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ pub async fn handle_incoming_pdu<'a>(
 	let (incoming_pdu, val) = self
 		.handle_outlier_pdu(origin, create_event, event_id, room_id, value, false)
 		.await
-		.inspect(|e| error!("[TODO] Failed to handle outlier PDU: {e:?}"))?;
+		.inspect_err(|e| error!("[TODO] Failed to handle outlier PDU: {e:?}"))?;
 
 	// 8. if not timeline event: stop
 	if !is_timeline_event {
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_outlier_pdu.rs b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_outlier_pdu.rs
index 91e9d91ba..740b83c3c 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_outlier_pdu.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/handle_outlier_pdu.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, hash_map};
 
 use conduwuit::{
 	Err, Event, PduEvent, Result, debug, debug_info, debug_warn, err, implement, info, state_res,
-	state_res::EventTypeExt, trace, warn,
+	trace, warn,
 };
 use futures::future::ready;
 use ruma::{
@@ -204,25 +204,6 @@ where
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The original create event must be in the auth events
-	let claimed_create_event =
-		auth_events_by_key.get(&StateEventType::RoomCreate.with_state_key(""));
-	if let Some(claimed_create_event) = claimed_create_event {
-		if claimed_create_event.event_id() != create_event.event_id() {
-			self.services.pdu_metadata.mark_event_rejected(event_id);
-			self.services
-				.outlier
-				.add_pdu_outlier(pdu_event.event_id(), &incoming_pdu);
-			return Err!(Request(Forbidden(
-				"Incoming event refers to wrong create event (expected {}, got {})",
-				create_event.event_id(),
-				claimed_create_event.event_id(),
-			)));
-		}
-	} else if !pdu_event.auth_events.is_empty() {
-		return Err!(Request(Forbidden("Incoming event does not refer to any create event")));
-	}
-
 	let state_fetch = |ty: &StateEventType, sk: &str| {
 		let key = (ty.to_owned(), sk.into());
 		ready(auth_events_by_key.get(&key).map(ToOwned::to_owned))