diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/members.js b/core/server/api/canary/members.js
index 48491cb95a..7cf0deea58 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/members.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/members.js
@@ -429,42 +429,6 @@ module.exports = {
         }
     },
 
-    validateImport: {
-        permissions: {
-            method: 'add'
-        },
-        headers: {},
-        async query(frame) {
-            const importedMembers = frame.data.members;
-
-            await Promise.map(importedMembers, (async (entry) => {
-                if (entry.stripe_customer_id) {
-                    if (!membersService.config.isStripeConnected()) {
-                        throw new errors.ValidationError({
-                            message: i18n.t('errors.api.members.stripeNotConnected.message', {
-                                id: entry.stripe_customer_id
-                            }),
-                            context: i18n.t('errors.api.members.stripeNotConnected.context'),
-                            help: i18n.t('errors.api.members.stripeNotConnected.help')
-                        });
-                    }
-
-                    try {
-                        await membersService.api.members.getStripeCustomer(entry.stripe_customer_id);
-                    } catch (error) {
-                        throw new errors.ValidationError({
-                            message: `Member not imported. ${error.message}`,
-                            context: i18n.t('errors.api.members.stripeCustomerNotFound.context'),
-                            help: i18n.t('errors.api.members.stripeCustomerNotFound.help')
-                        });
-                    }
-                }
-            }));
-
-            return null;
-        }
-    },
-
     importCSV: {
         statusCode: 201,
         permissions: {
diff --git a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
index 13e6a56a6a..4e60fed8fb 100644
--- a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
+++ b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ module.exports = function apiRoutes() {
 
     router.get('/members/stats', shared.middlewares.labs.members, mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.members.stats));
 
-    router.post('/members/upload/validate', shared.middlewares.labs.members, mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.members.validateImport));
     router.get('/members/upload', shared.middlewares.labs.members, mw.authAdminApi, http(apiCanary.members.exportCSV));
     router.post('/members/upload',
         shared.middlewares.labs.members,
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/members_spec.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/members_spec.js
index acb85f7e28..0e7dc18ce0 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/members_spec.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/members_spec.js
@@ -261,49 +261,6 @@ describe('Members API', function () {
             .expect(404);
     });
 
-    it('Can validate import data', async function () {
-        const member = {
-            name: 'test',
-            email: 'memberTestAdd@test.com'
-        };
-
-        const res = await request
-            .post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`members/upload/validate`))
-            .send({members: [member]})
-            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200);
-
-        should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-        const jsonResponse = res.body;
-        should.exist(jsonResponse);
-        should.not.exist(jsonResponse.members);
-    });
-
-    it('Fails to validate import data when stripe_customer_id is present but Stripe is not connected', async function () {
-        const member = {
-            name: 'test',
-            email: 'memberTestAdd@test.com',
-            stripe_customer_id: 'cus_XXXXX'
-        };
-
-        const res = await request
-            .post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`members/upload/validate`))
-            .send({members: [member]})
-            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(422);
-
-        should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-        const jsonResponse = res.body;
-        should.exist(jsonResponse);
-        should.exist(jsonResponse.errors);
-        jsonResponse.errors[0].message.should.match(/Missing Stripe connection/i);
-        jsonResponse.errors[0].context.should.match(/no Stripe account connected/i);
-    });
-
     it('Can export CSV', async function () {
         const res = await request
             .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`members/upload/`))