diff --git a/app/src/Model/Table/PipelinesTable.php b/app/src/Model/Table/PipelinesTable.php
index 7a95f9839..0ff4f0550 100644
--- a/app/src/Model/Table/PipelinesTable.php
+++ b/app/src/Model/Table/PipelinesTable.php
@@ -582,8 +582,7 @@ public function execute(
         $pipeline, 
         $eis, 
         $eisBackendRecord['source_key'],
-        $eisBackendRecord['source_record'],
-        $personId
+        $eisBackendRecord['source_record']
       );
 
       if(!$force && $eisRecord['status'] == 'unchanged') {
@@ -762,8 +761,7 @@ protected function manageEISRecord(
     Pipeline                $pipeline, 
     ExternalIdentitySource  $eis,
     string                  $sourceKey,
-    ?string                 $sourceRecord=null,
-    ?int                    $personId=null,
+    ?string                 $sourceRecord=null
   ): array {
     $status = 'unknown';
 
@@ -798,12 +796,6 @@ protected function manageEISRecord(
         throw new \InvalidArgumentException(__d('error', 'Pipelines.eis.record.adopted', [$sourceKey, $eisRecord->adopted_person_id]));
       }
 
-      // The Person that initiated the Link does not match the one of the eisRecord found
-      if($eisRecord->external_identity?->person_id !== $personId) {
-          $this->llog('rule', "AR-ExternalIdentity-2 Rejecting request to update duplicate/used record for EIS" . $eis->description . " (" . $eis->id . ") source key $sourceKey");
-          throw new \InvalidArgumentException(__d('error', 'Pipelines.eis.record.used', [$sourceKey, $eisRecord->external_identity->person_id]));
-      }
-
       // Update the record as needed, but only if the source record changed.
       // We consider any aspect of the source record changing to mark the
       // EIS record as changed, even if it's not material to the attributes