diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 6f7e288..73f9697 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ def __init__(self, product, profile):
         self.product = product
         self.profile = profile
 
-    def validate_input(self, query, hostname, username, days, minutes):
-        if hostname and 'hostname' in query:
-            click.echo('Cannot use --hostname with "hostname:" (in query)')
-            return False
-        elif username and 'username' in query:
-            click.echo('Cannot use --username with "username:" (in query)')
-            return False
-        elif days and minutes:
-            click.echo(f"Since both minutes and days are provided, the query will return all results from the previous {minutes} minutes")
-            return True
-        else:
-            return True
 
     # Build the query based on the product that was chosen
     def base_query(self, *args):
diff --git a/surveyor.py b/surveyor.py
index d0abfb3..d4dac00 100644
--- a/surveyor.py
+++ b/surveyor.py
@@ -90,11 +90,8 @@ def cli(ctx, prefix, hostname, profile, days, minutes, product, username, iocfil
     #if --query run the query and write results to the csv
     if query:
         click.echo(f"Running Query: {query}")
-        if utils.validate_input(query, hostname, username):
-            results = utils.process_search(conn, query, base_query)
-            utils.write_csv(writer, results, query, "query")
-        else:
-            ctx.fail("Query and filters were incompatible. See above error.")
+        results = utils.process_search(conn, query, base_query)
+        utils.write_csv(writer, results, query, "query")
 
     # if --deffile add file to list
     elif deffile: