diff --git a/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/response.rb b/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/response.rb
index 49bc25c5..9d1dba4d 100644
--- a/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/response.rb
+++ b/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/response.rb
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ def validate(collect_errors = false)
         return false unless validate_response_state
 
         validations = [
-          :validate_response_state,
           :validate_version,
           :validate_id,
           :validate_success_status,