diff --git a/xmtp_mls/src/api/mls.rs b/xmtp_mls/src/api/mls.rs
index 7520eb403..eaf3af6b4 100644
--- a/xmtp_mls/src/api/mls.rs
+++ b/xmtp_mls/src/api/mls.rs
@@ -236,19 +236,11 @@ where
             .key_packages
             .into_iter()
             .enumerate()
-            .filter_map(|(idx, key_package)| {
-                if key_package.key_package_tls_serialized.is_empty() {
-                    log::warn!(
-                        "installation key 0x{} has empty key package",
-                        hex::encode(&installation_keys[idx])
-                    );
-                    return None;
-                }
-
-                Some((
+            .map(|(idx, key_package)| {
+                (
                     installation_keys[idx].to_vec(),
                     key_package.key_package_tls_serialized,
-                ))
+                )
             })
             .collect();
 
@@ -691,39 +683,4 @@ pub mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 50);
     }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_fetch_key_packages_skips_empty() {
-        let mut mock_api = MockApiClient::new();
-        let installation_keys: Vec<Vec<u8>> = vec![vec![1, 2, 3], vec![4, 5, 6], vec![1, 1, 1]];
-        mock_api.expect_fetch_key_packages().returning(move |_| {
-            Ok(FetchKeyPackagesResponse {
-                key_packages: vec![
-                    KeyPackage {
-                        key_package_tls_serialized: vec![7, 8, 9],
-                    },
-                    KeyPackage {
-                        key_package_tls_serialized: vec![],
-                    },
-                    KeyPackage {
-                        key_package_tls_serialized: vec![10, 11, 12],
-                    },
-                ],
-            })
-        });
-        let wrapper = ApiClientWrapper::new(mock_api, Retry::default());
-        let result = wrapper
-            .fetch_key_packages(installation_keys.clone())
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(result.len(), 2);
-
-        for (k, v) in result {
-            if k.eq(&installation_keys[0]) {
-                assert_eq!(v, vec![7, 8, 9]);
-            } else {
-                assert_eq!(v, vec![10, 11, 12]);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }