diff --git a/modules/saml/lib/Auth/Process/SQLPersistentNameID.php b/modules/saml/lib/Auth/Process/SQLPersistentNameID.php
index 00891824a7ce7cafb972820a222a3aa96cf50d1d..ecbb5a69ae974fb89333920e0f8755788e8e2e1a 100644
--- a/modules/saml/lib/Auth/Process/SQLPersistentNameID.php
+++ b/modules/saml/lib/Auth/Process/SQLPersistentNameID.php
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class sspmod_saml_Auth_Process_SQLPersistentNameID extends sspmod_saml_BaseNameI
 
         $validNameIdFormats = @array_filter(array(
             $state['saml:NameIDFormat'],
-            $state['SPMetadata']['NameIDPolicy'],
             $state['SPMetadata']['NameIDFormat']
         ));
         if (count($validNameIdFormats) && !in_array($this->format, $validNameIdFormats, true) &&