diff --git a/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManager.java b/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManager.java
index eac7775ed9a7..8ae7e439cbfc 100644
--- a/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManager.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.util.repository.AuthenticationBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.repository.SimpleResolutionErrorPolicy;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.version.GenericVersionScheme;
 import org.eclipse.aether.version.*;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -113,11 +112,6 @@ public final class ArtifactRepositoryManager {
     mySessionFactory = new RepositorySystemSessionFactory(localRepositoryPath, progressConsumer, offline, retry);
   }
 
-  @ApiStatus.Internal
-  public boolean isValidArchive(File archive) {
-    var localRepositoryManager = mySessionFactory.sessionTemplate.getLocalRepositoryManager();
-    return ((StrictLocalRepositoryManager) localRepositoryManager).isValidArchive(archive);
-  }
 
   private static final class RepositorySystemSessionFactory {
     private final RepositorySystemSession sessionTemplate;
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ public final class ArtifactRepositoryManager {
         });
       }
       // setup session here
-      session.setLocalRepositoryManager(new StrictLocalRepositoryManager(ourSystem.newLocalRepositoryManager(session, new LocalRepository(localRepositoryPath))));
+      session.setLocalRepositoryManager(ourSystem.newLocalRepositoryManager(session, new LocalRepository(localRepositoryPath)));
       session.setProxySelector(ourProxySelector);
       session.setOffline(offline);
 
diff --git a/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/StrictLocalRepositoryManager.java b/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/StrictLocalRepositoryManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 59df3f98f06b..000000000000
--- a/aether-dependency-resolver/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/StrictLocalRepositoryManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
-package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.aether;
-
-import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
-import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
-import org.eclipse.aether.metadata.Metadata;
-import org.eclipse.aether.repository.*;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
-
-class StrictLocalRepositoryManager implements LocalRepositoryManager {
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StrictLocalRepositoryManager.class);
-  private static final boolean STRICT_VALIDATION = "true".equals(System.getProperty("org.jetbrains.idea.maven.aether.strictValidation"));
-  private final LocalRepositoryManager delegate;
-
-  StrictLocalRepositoryManager(LocalRepositoryManager delegate) {
-    this.delegate = delegate;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public LocalArtifactResult find(RepositorySystemSession session, LocalArtifactRequest request) {
-    var result = delegate.find(session, request);
-    if (result.isAvailable() && !isValidArchive(result.getFile())) {
-      result.setFile(null);
-      result.setAvailable(false);
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  boolean isValidArchive(File archive) {
-    if (!archive.exists()) return false;
-    // TODO: to be revised after IDEA-269182 is implemented
-    if (STRICT_VALIDATION && (archive.getName().endsWith(".jar") || archive.getName().endsWith(".zip"))) {
-      long entriesCount;
-      try (var zip = new ZipFile(archive)) {
-        entriesCount = zip.size();
-      }
-      catch (IOException e) {
-        LOG.warn("Unable to read a number of entries in " + archive + ": " + e.getMessage());
-        entriesCount = 0;
-      }
-      if (entriesCount <= 0) {
-        LOG.warn(archive + " is probably corrupted, deleting");
-        try {
-          Files.deleteIfExists(archive.toPath());
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
-          throw new RuntimeException("Unable to delete " + archive, e);
-        }
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public LocalRepository getRepository() {
-    return delegate.getRepository();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getPathForLocalArtifact(Artifact artifact) {
-    return delegate.getPathForLocalArtifact(artifact);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getPathForRemoteArtifact(Artifact artifact, RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
-    return delegate.getPathForRemoteArtifact(artifact, repository, context);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getPathForLocalMetadata(Metadata metadata) {
-    return delegate.getPathForLocalMetadata(metadata);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getPathForRemoteMetadata(Metadata metadata, RemoteRepository repository, String context) {
-    return delegate.getPathForRemoteMetadata(metadata, repository, context);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void add(RepositorySystemSession session, LocalArtifactRegistration request) {
-    delegate.add(session, request);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public LocalMetadataResult find(RepositorySystemSession session, LocalMetadataRequest request) {
-    return delegate.find(session, request);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void add(RepositorySystemSession session, LocalMetadataRegistration request) {
-    delegate.add(session, request);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/aether-dependency-resolver/testSrc/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManagerTest.java b/aether-dependency-resolver/testSrc/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManagerTest.java
index 681cbf21b47b..eda2bd39e319 100644
--- a/aether-dependency-resolver/testSrc/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManagerTest.java
+++ b/aether-dependency-resolver/testSrc/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/aether/ArtifactRepositoryManagerTest.java
@@ -116,56 +116,6 @@ public class ArtifactRepositoryManagerTest extends UsefulTestCase {
     }
   }
 
-  private Path resolveSomeSingleJar() throws Exception {
-    myRepositoryManager.resolveDependency(
-      "org.jetbrains", "annotations", "20.1.0",
-      false, Collections.emptyList()
-    );
-    try (var stream = Files.walk(localRepository.toPath())) {
-      var resolvedJars = stream.filter(file -> file.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".jar")).collect(Collectors.toList());
-      assertSize(1, resolvedJars);
-      var resolvedJar = resolvedJars.get(0);
-      try (var zip = new ZipFile(resolvedJar.toFile())) {
-        assert zip.size() > 0;
-      }
-      return resolvedJar;
-    }
-  }
-
-  public void testResolutionForEmptyJar() throws Exception {
-    var resolvedJar = resolveSomeSingleJar();
-    Files.delete(resolvedJar);
-    Files.createFile(resolvedJar);
-    assert Files.size(resolvedJar) == 0;
-    resolveSomeSingleJar();
-  }
-
-  public void testResolutionForSymbolicLinkToEmptyJar() throws Exception {
-    var resolvedJar = resolveSomeSingleJar();
-    Files.delete(resolvedJar);
-    var brokenTarget = Files.createTempFile("empty", ".jar");
-    assert Files.size(brokenTarget) == 0;
-    Files.createSymbolicLink(resolvedJar, brokenTarget);
-    resolveSomeSingleJar();
-  }
-
-  public void testResolutionForMalformedJar() throws Exception {
-    var resolvedJar = resolveSomeSingleJar();
-    Files.delete(resolvedJar);
-    Files.createFile(resolvedJar);
-    Files.writeString(resolvedJar, "malformed jar content");
-    resolveSomeSingleJar();
-  }
-
-  public void testResolutionForSymbolicLinkToMalformedJar() throws Exception {
-    var resolvedJar = resolveSomeSingleJar();
-    Files.delete(resolvedJar);
-    var brokenTarget = Files.createTempFile("malformed", ".jar");
-    Files.writeString(brokenTarget, "malformed jar content");
-    Files.createSymbolicLink(resolvedJar, brokenTarget);
-    resolveSomeSingleJar();
-  }
-
   private static void assertCoordinates(Artifact artifact, String groupId, String artifactId, String version) {
     assertEquals(groupId, artifact.getGroupId());
     assertEquals(artifactId, artifact.getArtifactId());