diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
index 5538b0ac6b3f3..71a7a7838182f 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Connection.php
@@ -520,20 +520,6 @@ private function doCriticalValidation(): void {
 			);
 		}
 
-		if (!empty($baseUsers) && !$this->checkBasesAreValid($baseUsers, $base)) {
-			throw new ConfigurationIssueException(
-				'User base is not in root base',
-				$this->l10n->t('User base DN is not a subnode of global base DN'),
-			);
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($baseGroups) && !$this->checkBasesAreValid($baseGroups, $base)) {
-			throw new ConfigurationIssueException(
-				'Group base is not in root base',
-				$this->l10n->t('Group base DN is not a subnode of global base DN'),
-			);
-		}
-
 		if (mb_strpos((string)$this->configuration->ldapLoginFilter, '%uid', 0, 'UTF-8') === false) {
 			throw new ConfigurationIssueException(
 				'Login filter does not contain %uid placeholder.',