diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormValidateable.groovy b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormValidateable.groovy
index 1f51e751dd4..d6ca5778136 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormValidateable.groovy
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm/src/main/groovy/org/grails/datastore/gorm/GormValidateable.groovy
@@ -67,11 +67,7 @@ trait GormValidateable {
      * @return True if the instance is valid
      */
     boolean validate(Map arguments) {
-        if(!shouldSkipValidation()) {
-            currentGormValidationApi().validate this, arguments
-        } else {
-            return true
-        }
+        currentGormValidationApi().validate this, arguments
     }
 
     /**
@@ -81,11 +77,7 @@ trait GormValidateable {
      * @return True if the instance is valid
      */
     boolean validate(List fields) {
-        if(!shouldSkipValidation()) {
-            currentGormValidationApi().validate this, fields
-        } else {
-            return true
-        }
+        currentGormValidationApi().validate this, fields
     }
 
     /**