diff --git a/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/queue/past_jobs.py b/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/queue/past_jobs.py
index deb62efee1..0da1e0608f 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/queue/past_jobs.py
+++ b/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/queue/past_jobs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from typing import Generic, TypeVar
 
 from mongoengine import Document
-from mongoengine.errors import ValidationError
 from mongoengine.fields import DateTimeField, IntField, StringField
 from mongoengine.queryset.queryset import QuerySet
 
@@ -74,10 +73,6 @@ class PastJobDocument(Document):
     objects = QuerySetManager["PastJobDocument"]()
 
 
-class NegativeDurationError(ValidationError):
-    pass
-
-
 def create_past_job(dataset: str, started_at: datetime, finished_at: datetime) -> None:
     """Create a past job in the mongoDB database.
 
@@ -88,17 +83,11 @@ def create_past_job(dataset: str, started_at: datetime, finished_at: datetime) -
         dataset (`str`): The dataset on which to apply the job.
         started_at (`datetime`): The date the job has started.
         finished_at (`datetime`): The date the job has finished.
-
-    Raises:
-        ValidationError: If the duration is negative.
     """
     duration = int((finished_at - started_at).total_seconds())
     if duration < JOB_DURATION_MIN_SECONDS:
         return
-    try:
-        PastJobDocument(dataset=dataset, duration=duration, finished_at=finished_at).save()
-    except ValidationError as e:
-        raise NegativeDurationError("The duration of the job cannot be negative.") from e
+    PastJobDocument(dataset=dataset, duration=duration, finished_at=finished_at).save()
 
     if not is_blocked(dataset) and duration > JOB_DURATION_CHECK_MIN_SECONDS:
         if PastJobDocument.objects(dataset=dataset).sum("duration") > DATASET_BLOCKAGE_THRESHOLD_SECONDS:
diff --git a/libs/libcommon/tests/queue/test_past_jobs.py b/libs/libcommon/tests/queue/test_past_jobs.py
index 95fa09dea0..65f5a78b5a 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/tests/queue/test_past_jobs.py
+++ b/libs/libcommon/tests/queue/test_past_jobs.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from libcommon.queue.past_jobs import (
     DATASET_BLOCKAGE_THRESHOLD_SECONDS,
     JOB_DURATION_MIN_SECONDS,
-    NegativeDurationError,
     PastJobDocument,
     create_past_job,
 )
@@ -50,14 +49,6 @@ def test_create_past_job_with_short_duration(duration: float) -> None:
     PastJobDocument.objects(dataset=DATASET).count() == 0
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("duration", [-1.0])
-def test_create_past_job_raises(duration: float) -> None:
-    finished_at = get_datetime()
-    started_at = finished_at - timedelta(seconds=duration)
-    with pytest.raises(NegativeDurationError):
-        create_past_job(dataset=DATASET, started_at=started_at, finished_at=finished_at)
-
-
 def test_create_past_job_raises_if_timezone_unaware() -> None:
     finished_at = get_datetime()