diff --git a/chromadb/api/models/CollectionCommon.py b/chromadb/api/models/CollectionCommon.py
index e1c310779c98..d55b80d69a08 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/models/CollectionCommon.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/models/CollectionCommon.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     validate_ids,
     validate_include,
     validate_metadata,
-    validate_metadatas,
     validate_embeddings,
     validate_embedding_function,
     validate_n_results,
     validate_where,
     validate_where_document,
     record_set_contains_one_of,
+    validate_record_set,
 )
 
 # TODO: We should rename the types in chromadb.types to be Models where
@@ -169,29 +169,6 @@ def _unpack_record_set(
             "uris": maybe_cast_one_to_many(uris),
         }
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _validate_record_set(
-        record_set: RecordSet,
-        require_data: bool,
-    ) -> None:
-        # Only one of documents or images can be provided
-        if record_set["documents"] is not None and record_set["images"] is not None:
-            raise ValueError("You can only provide documents or images, not both.")
-
-        required_fields: Include = ["embeddings", "documents", "images", "uris"]  # type: ignore[list-item]
-        if not require_data:
-            required_fields += ["metadatas"]  # type: ignore[list-item]
-
-        if not record_set_contains_one_of(record_set, include=required_fields):
-            raise ValueError(f"You must provide one of {', '.join(required_fields)}")
-
-        valid_ids = record_set["ids"]
-        for key in ["embeddings", "metadatas", "documents", "images", "uris"]:
-            if record_set[key] is not None and len(record_set[key]) != len(valid_ids):  # type: ignore[literal-required]
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Number of {key} {len(record_set[key])} must match number of ids {len(valid_ids)}"  # type: ignore[literal-required]
-                )
-
     def _compute_embeddings(
         self,
         documents: Optional[Documents],
@@ -398,7 +375,7 @@ def _process_add_request(
             uris=uris,
         )
 
-        self._validate_record_set(
+        validate_record_set(
             record_set,
             require_data=True,
         )
@@ -435,7 +412,7 @@ def _process_upsert_request(
             uris=uris,
         )
 
-        self._validate_record_set(
+        validate_record_set(
             record_set,
             require_data=True,
         )
@@ -473,7 +450,7 @@ def _process_update_request(
             uris=uris,
         )
 
-        self._validate_record_set(
+        validate_record_set(
             record_set,
             require_data=False,
         )
diff --git a/chromadb/api/segment.py b/chromadb/api/segment.py
index 1015fc6b5b26..d6b2b3bf0033 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/segment.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/segment.py
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ def _delete(
                 """
             )
 
-        coll = self._get_collection(collection_id)
         request_version_context = t.RequestVersionContext(
             collection_version=coll.version,
             log_position=coll.log_position,
@@ -660,19 +659,6 @@ def _delete(
         if len(ids_to_delete) == 0:
             return []
 
-        self._validate_record_set(
-            collection=coll,
-            record_set={
-                "ids": ids_to_delete,
-                "embeddings": None,
-                "documents": None,
-                "uris": None,
-                "metadatas": None,
-                "images": None,
-            },
-            require_data=False,
-        )
-
         records_to_submit = list(
             _records(operation=t.Operation.DELETE, ids=ids_to_delete)
         )
@@ -906,7 +892,7 @@ def _validate_record_set(
         add_attributes_to_current_span({"collection_id": str(collection["id"])})
 
         try:
-            validate_record_set(record_set)
+            validate_record_set(record_set, require_data=require_data)
             validate_batch(
                 (
                     record_set["ids"],
diff --git a/chromadb/api/types.py b/chromadb/api/types.py
index cda766274309..23182f8c6e0a 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/types.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/types.py
@@ -616,26 +616,35 @@ def validate_batch(
         )
 
 
-def validate_record_set(record_set: RecordSet) -> None:
-    embeddings = record_set["embeddings"]
-    ids = record_set["ids"]
-    metadatas = record_set["metadatas"]
-
-    validate_ids(ids)
-    validate_embeddings(embeddings) if embeddings is not None else None
-    validate_metadatas(metadatas) if metadatas is not None else None
-
-    for field, value in record_set.items():
-        if field == "ids" or value is None:
-            continue
-
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            n = len(value)
-            n_ids = len(record_set["ids"])
-            if n != n_ids:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Number of {field} ({n}) does not match number of ids ({n_ids})"
-                )
+def validate_record_set(
+    record_set: RecordSet,
+    require_data: bool,
+) -> None:
+    validate_ids(record_set["ids"])
+    validate_embeddings(record_set["embeddings"]) if record_set[
+        "embeddings"
+    ] is not None else None
+    validate_metadatas(record_set["metadatas"]) if record_set[
+        "metadatas"
+    ] is not None else None
+
+    # Only one of documents or images can be provided
+    if record_set["documents"] is not None and record_set["images"] is not None:
+        raise ValueError("You can only provide documents or images, not both.")
+
+    required_fields: Include = ["embeddings", "documents", "images", "uris"]  # type: ignore[list-item]
+    if not require_data:
+        required_fields += ["metadatas"]  # type: ignore[list-item]
+
+    if not record_set_contains_one_of(record_set, include=required_fields):
+        raise ValueError(f"You must provide one of {', '.join(required_fields)}")
+
+    valid_ids = record_set["ids"]
+    for key in ["embeddings", "metadatas", "documents", "images", "uris"]:
+        if record_set[key] is not None and len(record_set[key]) != len(valid_ids):  # type: ignore[literal-required]
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Number of {key} {len(record_set[key])} must match number of ids {len(valid_ids)}"  # type: ignore[literal-required]
+            )
 
 
 def convert_np_embeddings_to_list(embeddings: Embeddings) -> PyEmbeddings: