diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
index b4cdf91b8e..b10b7ad239 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
@@ -2721,11 +2721,7 @@ updateGroupProfile db user@User {userId} g@GroupInfo {groupId, localDisplayName,
     -- group_domain is owned by publicGroup; when the incoming profile has no publicGroup (a business, whose domain
     -- is set out-of-band) the CASE leaves the stored group_domain unchanged instead of clearing it.
     updateGroupProfile_ currentTs =
-      -- the wire carries the domain but not its signed proof (the group's link is authoritative for the claim), so
-      -- keep the stored proof on an unchanged domain instead of overwriting it with the empty incoming one, the same
-      -- way updateContactProfile preserves contactDomain's proof
-      let (groupWebPage_, groupDomain_, domainWebPage_, allowEmbedding_, _) = publicGroupAccessRow publicGroup
-          groupDomainProof_ = if claimChanged then Nothing else oldPublicGroup >>= publicGroupAccess >>= groupDomainClaim >>= proof
+      let (groupWebPage_, groupDomain_, domainWebPage_, allowEmbedding_, groupDomainProof_) = publicGroupAccessRow publicGroup
        in DB.execute
             db
             [sql|