diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/widget/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/widget/contacts_controller.rb
index 5138fe675..6c595ab59 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/widget/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/widget/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Api::V1::Widget::ContactsController < Api::V1::Widget::BaseController
       contact = @contact
     end
 
-    @contact_inbox.update(hmac_verified: true) if should_verify_hmac? && valid_hmac?
+    @contact_inbox.update(hmac_verified: true) if should_verify_hmac?
 
     identify_contact(contact)
   end