diff --git a/contracts/root/RootChainManager/RootChainManager.sol b/contracts/root/RootChainManager/RootChainManager.sol
index 73c58d89..5ba9ef99 100644
--- a/contracts/root/RootChainManager/RootChainManager.sol
+++ b/contracts/root/RootChainManager/RootChainManager.sol
@@ -340,10 +340,8 @@ contract RootChainManager is
      *  9 - receiptLogIndex - Log Index to read from the receipt
      */
     function exit(bytes calldata inputData) external override {
-        require(inputData.length == 10, "RootChainManager: BAD_PAYLOAD");
-
         ExitPayloadReader.ExitPayload memory payload = inputData.toExitPayload();
-        
+
         bytes memory branchMaskBytes = payload.getBranchMaskAsBytes();
         // checking if exit has already been processed
         // unique exit is identified using hash of (blockNumber, branchMask, receiptLogIndex)
diff --git a/contracts/tunnel/BaseRootTunnel.sol b/contracts/tunnel/BaseRootTunnel.sol
index e59246fd..6b106a51 100644
--- a/contracts/tunnel/BaseRootTunnel.sol
+++ b/contracts/tunnel/BaseRootTunnel.sol
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ abstract contract BaseRootTunnel is AccessControlMixin {
         stateSender.syncState(childTunnel, message);
     }
 
-    function _validateAndExtractMessage(bytes memory inputData) internal returns (bytes memory) {
-        require(inputData.length == 10, "RootTunnel: BAD_PAYLOAD");
-        
+    function _validateAndExtractMessage(bytes memory inputData) internal returns (bytes memory) {    
         ExitPayloadReader.ExitPayload memory payload = inputData.toExitPayload();
         
         bytes memory branchMaskBytes = payload.getBranchMaskAsBytes();
diff --git a/flat/RootChainManager.sol b/flat/RootChainManager.sol
index a20e32ca..c4309b86 100644
--- a/flat/RootChainManager.sol
+++ b/flat/RootChainManager.sol
@@ -2247,10 +2247,8 @@ contract RootChainManager is
      *  9 - receiptLogIndex - Log Index to read from the receipt
      */
     function exit(bytes calldata inputData) external override {
-        require(inputData.length == 10, "RootChainManager: BAD_PAYLOAD");
-
         ExitPayloadReader.ExitPayload memory payload = inputData.toExitPayload();
-        
+
         bytes memory branchMaskBytes = payload.getBranchMaskAsBytes();
         // checking if exit has already been processed
         // unique exit is identified using hash of (blockNumber, branchMask, receiptLogIndex)