diff --git a/lib/recurly/client.php b/lib/recurly/client.php
index de53e933..216c7fc2 100644
--- a/lib/recurly/client.php
+++ b/lib/recurly/client.php
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ private function _raiseCurlError($errorNumber, $message)
    * @throws Recurly_Error
    */
   public function getFile($uri, $file_pointer) {
-    $this->_verifyUri($uri);
-
     $ch = curl_init();
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $uri);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, TRUE);