diff --git a/app/models/scheduled_show.rb b/app/models/scheduled_show.rb
index 6e7b9434..2a8587c9 100644
--- a/app/models/scheduled_show.rb
+++ b/app/models/scheduled_show.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ class ScheduledShow < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :start_at, :end_at, :playlist_id, :title, :dj_id
   validates :description, length: { maximum: 10_000 }
 
-  validate :start_at_cannot_be_in_the_past, on: :create
-  validate :end_at_cannot_be_in_the_past, on: :create
   validate :end_at_cannot_be_before_start_at, on: :create
 
   alias_attribute :start, :start_at
@@ -227,18 +225,6 @@ def ensure_time_zone
     end
   end
 
-  def start_at_cannot_be_in_the_past
-    if start_at < Time.current
-      errors.add(:start_at, "cannot be in the past")
-    end
-  end
-
-  def end_at_cannot_be_in_the_past
-    if end_at < Time.current
-      errors.add(:end_at, "cannot be in the past")
-    end
-  end
-
   def end_at_cannot_be_before_start_at
     if end_at < start_at
       errors.add(:end_at, "cannot be before start at")
diff --git a/spec/models/scheduled_show_spec.rb b/spec/models/scheduled_show_spec.rb
index 19490ffd..d5c79769 100644
--- a/spec/models/scheduled_show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/scheduled_show_spec.rb
@@ -91,18 +91,6 @@
   end
 
   describe "validations" do
-    it "start time cannot be in the past" do
-      start_at = Chronic.parse("yesterday at 3:15 pm").utc
-      end_at = Chronic.parse("today at 2:15 pm").utc
-      @scheduled_show = ScheduledShow.create radio: @radio, playlist: @playlist, start_at: start_at, end_at: end_at, title: "hey", dj: @dj
-      expect(@scheduled_show.errors[:start_at]).to be_present
-    end
-    it "end time cannot be in the past" do
-      start_at = Chronic.parse("today at 3:15 pm").utc
-      end_at = Chronic.parse("2 days ago at 2:15 pm").utc
-      @scheduled_show = ScheduledShow.create radio: @radio, playlist: @playlist, start_at: start_at, end_at: end_at, title: "hey"
-      expect(@scheduled_show.errors[:end_at]).to be_present
-    end
     it "end time cannot be before start time" do
       start_at = Chronic.parse("today at 3:15 pm").utc
       end_at = Chronic.parse("today at 2:15 pm").utc