diff --git a/src/webxdc.rs b/src/webxdc.rs
index d249b539a..e107c8782 100644
--- a/src/webxdc.rs
+++ b/src/webxdc.rs
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ const WEBXDC_DEFAULT_ICON: &str = "__webxdc__/default-icon.png";
 /// it is planned to raise that limit as needed in subsequent versions.
 const WEBXDC_SENDING_LIMIT: u64 = 655360;
 
-/// Be more tolerant for .xdc sizes on receiving -
-/// might be, the senders version uses already a larger limit
-/// and not showing the .xdc on some devices would be even worse ux.
-const WEBXDC_RECEIVING_LIMIT: u64 = 4194304;
-
 /// Raw information read from manifest.toml
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Default)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -218,14 +213,6 @@ impl Context {
             return Ok(false);
         }
 
-        if file.len() as u64 > WEBXDC_RECEIVING_LIMIT {
-            info!(
-                self,
-                "{} exceeds receiving limit of {} bytes", &filename, WEBXDC_RECEIVING_LIMIT
-            );
-            return Ok(false);
-        }
-
         let archive = match async_zip::read::mem::ZipFileReader::new(file.to_vec()).await {
             Ok(archive) => archive,
             Err(_) => {
@@ -905,8 +892,6 @@ mod tests {
     async fn test_webxdc_file_limits() -> Result<()> {
         assert!(WEBXDC_SENDING_LIMIT >= 32768);
         assert!(WEBXDC_SENDING_LIMIT < 16777216);
-        assert!(WEBXDC_RECEIVING_LIMIT >= WEBXDC_SENDING_LIMIT * 2);
-        assert!(WEBXDC_RECEIVING_LIMIT < 16777216);
         Ok(())
     }