diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
--- a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@
       isMediaMessageType(messageType),
       'message must be of type IMAGES or MULTIMEDIA',
     );
-    invariant(
-      clientDBMessageInfo.media_infos !== null &&
-        clientDBMessageInfo.media_infos !== undefined,
-      `media_infos must be defined`,
-    );
 
     let rawMessageInfo: RawImagesMessageInfo | RawMediaMessageInfo =
       messageType === messageTypes.IMAGES