diff --git a/sim/team-validator.ts b/sim/team-validator.ts
index 8945b5b8be..d1f215078e 100644
--- a/sim/team-validator.ts
+++ b/sim/team-validator.ts
@@ -649,10 +649,6 @@ export class TeamValidator {
 				set.gender = 'M';
 			}
 		}
-		if (species.id === 'melmetal' && set.gigantamax && this.dex.species.getLearnsetData(species.id).eventData) {
-			setSources.sourcesBefore = 0;
-			setSources.sources = ['8S0 melmetal'];
-		}
 		if (!species.exists) {
 			return [`The Pokemon "${set.species}" does not exist.`];
 		}