diff --git a/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Description.hs b/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Description.hs
index 2418f3005..6e807b807 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Description.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Description.hs
@@ -226,20 +226,14 @@ validateFileDescription :: FileDescription p -> Either String (ValidFileDescript
 validateFileDescription fd@FileDescription {size, chunks}
   | chunkNos /= [1 .. length chunks] = Left "chunk numbers are not sequential"
   | chunksSize chunks /= unFileSize size = Left "chunks total size is different than file size"
-  | any (> maxChunkReplicas) replicaCounts = Left "too many chunk replicas"
-  | sum replicaCounts > maxFileReplicas = Left "too many file replicas"
+  | any (> 16) replicaCounts = Left "too many chunk replicas"
+  | sum replicaCounts > 4096 = Left "too many file replicas"
   | otherwise = Right $ ValidFD fd
   where
     chunkNos = map (\FileChunk {chunkNo} -> chunkNo) chunks
     chunksSize = foldl' (\(s :: Int64) FileChunk {chunkSize} -> s + fromIntegral (unFileSize chunkSize)) 0
     replicaCounts = map (\FileChunk {replicas} -> length replicas) chunks
 
-maxChunkReplicas :: Int
-maxChunkReplicas = 16
-
-maxFileReplicas :: Int
-maxFileReplicas = 4096
-
 sharedDescriptionHash :: FileDescription p -> ByteString
 sharedDescriptionHash FileDescription {size, digest, key, nonce, chunkSize, chunks} =
   C.sha512Hash $ smpEncode (unFileSize size, unFileDigest digest, C.unSbKey key, nonce, unFileSize chunkSize) <> foldMap chunkFields chunks