diff --git a/src/api/client_server/room.rs b/src/api/client_server/room.rs
index 4593b2e4..cb8930ec 100644
--- a/src/api/client_server/room.rs
+++ b/src/api/client_server/room.rs
@@ -900,20 +900,6 @@ async fn room_alias_check(
 			ErrorKind::InvalidParam,
 			"Room alias contained spaces which is not a valid room alias.",
 		));
-	} else if room_alias_name.len() > 255 {
-		// there is nothing spec-wise saying to check the limit of this,
-		// however absurdly long room aliases are guaranteed to be unreadable or done
-		// maliciously. there is no reason a room alias should even exceed 100
-		// characters as is. generally in spec, 255 is matrix's fav number
-		return Err(Error::BadRequest(
-			ErrorKind::InvalidParam,
-			"Room alias is excessively long, clients may not be able to handle this. Please shorten it.",
-		));
-	} else if room_alias_name.contains('"') {
-		return Err(Error::BadRequest(
-			ErrorKind::InvalidParam,
-			"Room alias contained `\"` which is not allowed.",
-		));
 	}
 
 	// check if room alias is forbidden
@@ -979,8 +965,6 @@ fn custom_room_id_check(custom_room_id: &String) -> Result<OwnedRoomId> {
 			ErrorKind::InvalidParam,
 			"Custom room ID contained spaces which is not valid.",
 		));
-	} else if custom_room_id.len() > 255 {
-		return Err(Error::BadRequest(ErrorKind::InvalidParam, "Custom room ID is too long."));
 	}
 
 	let full_room_id = format!("!{}:{}", custom_room_id, services().globals.config.server_name);