diff --git a/web/components/admin/config/general/EditSocialLinks.tsx b/web/components/admin/config/general/EditSocialLinks.tsx
index ad000b86d..b1c392ef8 100644
--- a/web/components/admin/config/general/EditSocialLinks.tsx
+++ b/web/components/admin/config/general/EditSocialLinks.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../utils/config-constants';
 import { SocialHandle, UpdateArgs } from '../../../../types/config-section';
 import {
-  isValidMatrixAccount,
   isValidAccount,
   isValidUrl,
   DEFAULT_TEXTFIELD_URL_PATTERN,
@@ -294,9 +293,6 @@ export default function EditSocialLinks() {
     if (platform === 'xmpp') {
       return isValidAccount(url, 'xmpp');
     }
-    if (platform === 'matrix') {
-      return isValidMatrixAccount(url);
-    }
 
     return isValidUrl(url);
   };
diff --git a/web/tests/validation.test.ts b/web/tests/validation.test.ts
index 4ba4e2851..c31b54210 100644
--- a/web/tests/validation.test.ts
+++ b/web/tests/validation.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isValidUrl, isValidAccount, isValidMatrixAccount } from '../utils/validators';
+import { isValidUrl, isValidAccount } from '../utils/validators';
 
 describe('test url validation', () => {
   const validURL = 'https://example.com';
@@ -25,18 +25,3 @@ describe('test xmpp account validation', () => {
     expect(isValidAccount(invalidAccount, 'xmpp')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
-
-describe('test matrix account validation', () => {
-  const validMatrixAccount = '@me:matrix.org';
-  const validMatrixAccountWithProtocol = 'matrix:@me:matrix.org';
-  const invalidMatrixAccount = 'something.invalid@something';
-
-  test('should succeed', () => {
-    expect(isValidMatrixAccount(validMatrixAccount)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isValidMatrixAccount(validMatrixAccountWithProtocol)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('should fail', () => {
-    expect(isValidMatrixAccount(invalidMatrixAccount)).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/web/utils/validators.ts b/web/utils/validators.ts
index 99913ecb0..86b438781 100644
--- a/web/utils/validators.ts
+++ b/web/utils/validators.ts
@@ -52,33 +52,6 @@ export function isValidAccount(account: string, protocol: string): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
-/**
- * Determines if an account is valid by simply checking for a protocol, username
- * and server, delimited by a colon. For example: @username:example.com
- * @param {string} account - An account to validate. Example: @me:matrix.org
- * @returns {boolean} - True if the account is valid, false otherwise.
- */
-export function isValidMatrixAccount(account: string): boolean {
-  if (account.startsWith('matrix:')) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
-    account = account.slice(7);
-  }
-
-  if (account.startsWith('@')) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
-    account = account.slice(1);
-  }
-
-  const components = account.split(':');
-  const [user, host] = components;
-
-  if (components.length !== 2 || !user || !host) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 /**
  * Determines if a fediverse account is valid.
  * For example: @username@example.com