diff --git a/sourcecode/hub/app/Http/Requests/OembedRequest.php b/sourcecode/hub/app/Http/Requests/OembedRequest.php
index 71cf9b7701..6f3ff9ed52 100644
--- a/sourcecode/hub/app/Http/Requests/OembedRequest.php
+++ b/sourcecode/hub/app/Http/Requests/OembedRequest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
-use App\Oembed\OembedFormat;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
             'url' => ['required', 'url'],
-            'format' => ['sometimes', 'required', Rule::in(OembedFormat::values())],
+            'format' => ['sometimes', Rule::in(['json', 'xml'])],
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/sourcecode/hub/app/Oembed/OembedFormat.php b/sourcecode/hub/app/Oembed/OembedFormat.php
index 0ef7f3b224..685c65f21b 100644
--- a/sourcecode/hub/app/Oembed/OembedFormat.php
+++ b/sourcecode/hub/app/Oembed/OembedFormat.php
@@ -16,9 +16,4 @@ public function getContentType(): string
             self::Xml => 'text/xml; charset=UTF-8',
         };
     }
-
-    public static function values(): array
-    {
-        return array_column(self::cases(), 'value');
-    }
 }
diff --git a/sourcecode/hub/tests/Feature/NdlaLegacy/OembedTest.php b/sourcecode/hub/tests/Feature/NdlaLegacy/OembedTest.php
index fb8f672ff1..0c9d63a04f 100644
--- a/sourcecode/hub/tests/Feature/NdlaLegacy/OembedTest.php
+++ b/sourcecode/hub/tests/Feature/NdlaLegacy/OembedTest.php
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Feature\NdlaLegacy;
 
-use App\Http\Requests\OembedRequest;
 use App\Models\Content;
 use App\Models\ContentVersion;
-use App\Oembed\OembedFormat;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithFaker;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Testing\Fluent\AssertableJson;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\TestWith;
 use Tests\TestCase;
@@ -53,6 +50,7 @@ public function testOembed(string $endpoint): void
     public function testCanPassLocale(): void
     {
         $id = $this->faker->uuid;
+
         Content::factory()
             ->withVersion(ContentVersion::factory()->state([
                 'title' => 'My content',
@@ -76,27 +74,4 @@ public function testCanPassLocale(): void
                     )),
             );
     }
-
-    public function testFormatParameterValidation(): void
-    {
-        $request = new OembedRequest();
-        $rules = $request->rules();
-
-        // Only url parameter is required
-        $validator = Validator::make(['url' => $this->faker->url], $rules);
-        $this->assertTrue($validator->passes());
-
-        // Valid format parameter should pass validation
-        $validator = Validator::make(['url' => $this->faker->url, 'format' => OembedFormat::Xml->value], $rules);
-        $this->assertTrue($validator->passes());
-
-        // Empty format parameter should fail validation
-        $validator = Validator::make(['url' => $this->faker->url, 'format' => ''], $rules);
-        $this->assertTrue($validator->fails());
-
-        // Invalid format parameter should fail validation
-        $validator = Validator::make(['url' => $this->faker->url, 'format' => 'doc'], $rules);
-        $this->assertTrue($validator->fails());
-
-    }
 }