diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 4d1319ee..f65ea27f 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 enum {
 	k_connections_changed_callbacks_max = 8,
-	k_tf_ssb_rpc_message_body_length_max = 8192,
+	k_tf_ssb_rpc_message_body_length_max = 65536,
 };
 
 typedef struct _tf_ssb_broadcast_t tf_ssb_broadcast_t;
@@ -1127,13 +1127,6 @@ static bool _tf_ssb_connection_box_stream_recv(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection)
 			}
 			_tf_ssb_nonce_inc(connection->nonce);
 			connection->body_len = htons(*(uint16_t*)header);
-			if (connection->body_len > k_tf_ssb_rpc_message_body_length_max)
-			{
-				char reason[512];
-				snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason), "body length is too large: %d", connection->body_len);
-				_tf_ssb_connection_close(connection, reason);
-				return false;
-			}
 			memcpy(connection->body_auth_tag, header + sizeof(uint16_t), sizeof(connection->body_auth_tag));
 			if (!connection->body_len)
 			{