diff --git a/packages/ssi-types/src/mapper/credential-mapper.ts b/packages/ssi-types/src/mapper/credential-mapper.ts
index 4144e858a..3a7f58afe 100644
--- a/packages/ssi-types/src/mapper/credential-mapper.ts
+++ b/packages/ssi-types/src/mapper/credential-mapper.ts
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@ export class CredentialMapper {
       }
     }
 
-    if (typeof originalPresentation === 'string' && !CredentialMapper.isJwtEncoded(originalPresentation)) {
-      throw Error(`Unknown presentation type, the vp is a string, but not JWT or MDOC encoded`)
-    }
-
     // If the VP is not an encoded/decoded SD-JWT, we assume it will be a W3C VC
     const proof = CredentialMapper.getFirstProof(originalPresentation)
     const original =