diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 34a929e4c..de38f1edd 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -377,12 +377,6 @@ class Post < ApplicationRecord
     def update_tag_post_counts
       decrement_tags = tag_array_was - tag_array
 
-      decrement_tags_except_requests = decrement_tags.reject {|tag| tag == "tagme" || tag.end_with?("_request")}
-      if !decrement_tags_except_requests.empty? && !CurrentUser.is_builder? && CurrentUser.created_at > 1.week.ago
-        self.errors.add(:updater_id, "must have an account at least 1 week old to remove tags")
-        return false
-      end
-
       increment_tags = tag_array - tag_array_was
       if increment_tags.any?
         Tag.increment_post_counts(increment_tags)
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index b324a89d0..73de4156b 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -569,24 +569,6 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         @post = FactoryBot.create(:post)
       end
 
-      context "as a new user" do
-        setup do
-          @post.update(:tag_string => "aaa bbb ccc ddd tagme")
-          CurrentUser.user = FactoryBot.create(:user)
-        end
-
-        should "not allow you to remove tags" do
-          @post.update(tag_string: "aaa")
-          assert_equal(["You must have an account at least 1 week old to remove tags"], @post.errors.full_messages)
-        end
-
-        should "allow you to remove request tags" do
-          @post.update(tag_string: "aaa bbb ccc ddd")
-          @post.reload
-          assert_equal("aaa bbb ccc ddd", @post.tag_string)
-        end
-      end
-
       context "with a banned artist" do
         setup do
           CurrentUser.scoped(FactoryBot.create(:admin_user)) do