diff --git a/src/lib/memory/blob_manager.cpp b/src/lib/memory/blob_manager.cpp
index 2758e3c4..ec5a5e11 100644
--- a/src/lib/memory/blob_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/memory/blob_manager.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BlobManager::Result< blob_id > MemoryHomeObject::_put_blob(ShardInfo const& shar
 
     // Generate BlobID (with RAFT this will happen implicitly) and Route
     auto const route = BlobRoute{shard.id, our_shard._shard_seq_num++};
-    if ((UINT64_MAX >> 16) < route.blob) { return folly::makeUnexpected(BlobError::UNKNOWN); }
     LOGTRACEMOD(homeobject, "Writing Blob {}", route);
 
     // Write (move) Blob to Heap
diff --git a/src/lib/memory/tests/BlobManagerTest.cpp b/src/lib/memory/tests/BlobManagerTest.cpp
index 0ce8aad0..0574e0eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/memory/tests/BlobManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/memory/tests/BlobManagerTest.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ TEST_F(BlobManagerFixture, BasicTests) {
     EXPECT_EQ(BlobError::INVALID_ARG, p_e.error());
 
     EXPECT_TRUE(m_memory_homeobj->blob_manager()->del(_shard_1.id, _blob_id).get());
+    EXPECT_EQ(BlobError::UNKNOWN_BLOB, m_memory_homeobj->blob_manager()->get(_shard_1.id, _blob_id).get().error());
+    EXPECT_EQ(BlobError::UNKNOWN_BLOB, m_memory_homeobj->blob_manager()->del(_shard_1.id, _blob_id).get().error());
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {