diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
index c5d64dc5b..4b642e52a 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 
@@ -135,4 +136,16 @@ public synchronized void refresh() throws ResolverException {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void validateBackupFile(final File backupFile) throws ResolverException {
+        // NOPE, not going to validate this because the file reference is likely not to exist on the shibui server nor even be a
+        // valid path on the running server. The file is needed for the XML, but we shouldn't be validating it.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] fetchMetadata() throws ResolverException {
+        // NOPE, we don't need to try and fetch the metadata from either the URI nor the file
+        return null;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFilesystemMetadataResolver.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFilesystemMetadataResolver.java
index c247e7b53..f8b9a856f 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFilesystemMetadataResolver.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFilesystemMetadataResolver.java
@@ -88,4 +88,16 @@ public void refilter() {
             logger.error("An error occurred while attempting to filter metadata!", e);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void validateMetadataFile(@Nonnull final File file) throws ResolverException {
+        // NOPE, not going to validate this because the file reference is likely not to exist on the shibui server nor even be a
+        // valid path on the running server. The file is needed for the XML, but we shouldn't be validating it.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] fetchMetadata() throws ResolverException {
+        // NOPE, we don't need to try and fetch the metadata
+        return null;
+    }
 }
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