diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/CredentialValidator.java b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/CredentialValidator.java
index f86b890d..c0e80809 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/CredentialValidator.java
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/CredentialValidator.java
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import hirs.attestationca.persist.enums.AppraisalStatus;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509AttributeCertificateHolder;
 
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateNotYetValidException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -265,10 +267,6 @@ public class CredentialValidator extends SupplyChainCredentialValidator {
                 return new AppraisalStatus(FAIL, message);
             }
         }
-        if (componentInfos.isEmpty()) {
-            message = baseErrorMessage + "a list of device components";
-            return new AppraisalStatus(FAIL, message);
-        }
 
         // parse out the provided delta and its specific chain.
         List<ComponentResult> origPcComponents = componentResultRepository