diff --git a/src/Controllers/TagController.php b/src/Controllers/TagController.php
index 8198cab1..7faca0f2 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/TagController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/TagController.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class TagController
 		$params = [
 			'source' => 'mass-tag',
 			'query' => $suppliedQuery ?: ' ',
-			'additionalInfo' => $suppliedTag ? TagModel::validateTag($suppliedTag) : '',
+			'additionalInfo' => $suppliedTag ? $suppliedTag : '',
 		];
 		if ($suppliedOldPage != 0 and $suppliedOldQuery == $suppliedQuery)
 			$params['page'] = $suppliedOldPage;
diff --git a/src/Models/TagModel.php b/src/Models/TagModel.php
index dd821226..a3a7c798 100644
--- a/src/Models/TagModel.php
+++ b/src/Models/TagModel.php
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ final class TagModel extends AbstractCrudModel
 				throw new SimpleException('Target tag already exists');
 
 			$sourceTag->setName($targetName);
-			TagModel::validateTag($sourceTag->getName());
 			self::save($sourceTag);
 		});
 	}
@@ -174,14 +173,4 @@ final class TagModel extends AbstractCrudModel
 		}
 		return $tags;
 	}
-
-
-
-	public static function validateTags($tags)
-	{
-		foreach ($tags as $key => $tag)
-			$tags[$key] = self::validateTag($tag);
-
-		return $tags;
-	}
 }