diff --git a/libatalk/adouble/ad_open.c b/libatalk/adouble/ad_open.c
index 313e649c6dd..07659f07f93 100644
--- a/libatalk/adouble/ad_open.c
+++ b/libatalk/adouble/ad_open.c
@@ -803,14 +803,6 @@ static int ad_header_read_ea(const char *path, struct adouble *ad, const struct
         EC_FAIL;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Since recent CVE fixes have introduced new behavior regarding
-     * ad_entry() output. For now, we will AFP_ASSERT() in EC_CLEANUP to prevent
-     * altering on-disk info. This does introduce an avenue to DOS
-     * the netatalk server by locally writing garbage to the EA. At this
-     * point, the outcome is an acceptable risk to prevent unintended
-     * changes to metadata.
-     */
     if (nentries != ADEID_NUM_EA
         || !ad_entry(ad, ADEID_FINDERI)
         || !ad_entry(ad, ADEID_COMMENT)
@@ -820,12 +812,6 @@ static int ad_header_read_ea(const char *path, struct adouble *ad, const struct
         || !ad_entry(ad, ADEID_PRIVINO)
         || !ad_entry(ad, ADEID_PRIVSYN)
         || !ad_entry(ad, ADEID_PRIVID)) {
-        LOG(log_error, logtype_ad,
-            "ad_header_read_ea(\"%s\"): invalid metadata EA "
-            "this is now being treated as a fatal error. "
-            "if you see this log entry, please file a bug ticket "
-            "with your upstream vendor and attach the generated "
-            "core file.", path ? fullpathname(path) : "UNKNOWN");
 
         errno = EINVAL;
         EC_FAIL;
@@ -839,19 +825,17 @@ static int ad_header_read_ea(const char *path, struct adouble *ad, const struct
         ad_setentryoff(ad, ADEID_RFORK, ADEDOFF_RFORK_OSX);
 #endif
 
-    // TODO: Remove the assert and restore the branch for cleaning up invalid metadata
-    //       https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/400
 EC_CLEANUP:
-    AFP_ASSERT(!(ret != 0 && errno == EINVAL));
-#if 0
     if (ret != 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
         become_root();
         (void)sys_removexattr(path, AD_EA_META);
         unbecome_root();
-        LOG(log_error, logtype_ad, "ad_header_read_ea(\"%s\"): deleted invalid metadata EA", fullpathname(path), nentries);
+        LOG(log_error, logtype_ad,
+            "ad_header_read_ea(%s, %d): deleted invalid metadata EA",
+            path ? fullpathname(path) : "UNKNOWN", nentries);
+
         errno = ENOENT;
     }
-#endif
     EC_EXIT;
 }