diff --git a/validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/GFModelParser.java b/validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/GFModelParser.java
index 6ce5857bb..39226123b 100644
--- a/validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/GFModelParser.java
+++ b/validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/GFModelParser.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private static PDFAFlavour obtainFlavour(PDDocument document, PDFAFlavour defaul
 				identificationConformance = "";
 			}
 			PDFAFlavour pdfaFlavour = PDFAFlavour.byFlavourId(prefix + identificationPart + identificationConformance);
-			if (pdfaFlavour == PDFAFlavour.NO_FLAVOUR || pdfaFlavour == PDFAFlavour.PDFUA_2) {
+			if (pdfaFlavour == PDFAFlavour.NO_FLAVOUR) {
 				return defaultFlavour;
 			}
 			return pdfaFlavour;