diff --git a/packages/trpc/server/recipient-router/schema.ts b/packages/trpc/server/recipient-router/schema.ts
index 7e05eb002..bbad7981d 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/server/recipient-router/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/server/recipient-router/schema.ts
@@ -96,29 +96,19 @@ export const ZDeleteDocumentRecipientRequestSchema = z.object({
   recipientId: z.number(),
 });
 
-export const ZSetDocumentRecipientsRequestSchema = z
-  .object({
-    documentId: z.number(),
-    recipients: z.array(
-      z.object({
-        nativeId: z.number().optional(),
-        email: z.string().toLowerCase().email().min(1),
-        name: z.string(),
-        role: z.nativeEnum(RecipientRole),
-        signingOrder: z.number().optional(),
-        actionAuth: ZRecipientActionAuthTypesSchema.optional().nullable(),
-      }),
-    ),
-  })
-  .refine(
-    (schema) => {
-      const emails = schema.recipients.map((recipient) => recipient.email.toLowerCase());
-
-      return new Set(emails).size === emails.length;
-    },
-    // Dirty hack to handle errors when .root is populated for an array type
-    { message: 'Recipients must have unique emails', path: ['recipients__root'] },
-  );
+export const ZSetDocumentRecipientsRequestSchema = z.object({
+  documentId: z.number(),
+  recipients: z.array(
+    z.object({
+      nativeId: z.number().optional(),
+      email: z.string().toLowerCase().email().min(1),
+      name: z.string(),
+      role: z.nativeEnum(RecipientRole),
+      signingOrder: z.number().optional(),
+      actionAuth: ZRecipientActionAuthTypesSchema.optional().nullable(),
+    }),
+  ),
+});
 
 export const ZSetDocumentRecipientsResponseSchema = z.object({
   recipients: ZRecipientLiteSchema.array(),