diff --git a/src/jio/commands/postCommand.js b/src/jio/commands/postCommand.js
index fd13a250957f70e062b07c986105294b122bcc76..aecad65e865de6f390472357ed996a164a4aebde 100644
--- a/src/jio/commands/postCommand.js
+++ b/src/jio/commands/postCommand.js
@@ -10,22 +10,6 @@ var postCommand = function(spec, my) {
         return 'post';
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Validates the storage handler.
-     * @param  {object} handler The storage handler
-     */
-    that.validate = function () {
-        if (typeof that.getDocInfo('content') !== 'string') {
-            that.error({
-                status:21,statusText:'Content Required',
-                error:'content_required',
-                message:'No data to put.',reason:'no data to put'
-            });
-            return false;
-        }
-        return that.validateState();
-    };
-
     that.executeOn = function(storage) {
         storage.post (that);
     };
diff --git a/src/jio/commands/putCommand.js b/src/jio/commands/putCommand.js
index 5eff93defb8f47281d9e5da709e476d55c075747..cae23e00ac27098c6b8a5843b0f5f536710a153c 100644
--- a/src/jio/commands/putCommand.js
+++ b/src/jio/commands/putCommand.js
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ var putCommand = function(spec, my) {
      * @param  {object} handler The storage handler
      */
     that.validate = function () {
-        if (typeof that.getDocInfo('content') !== 'string') {
-            that.error({
-                status:21,statusText:'Content Required',
-                error:'content_required',
-                message:'No data to put.',reason:'no data to put'
-            });
-            return false;
-        }
         return that.validateState();
     };