diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
index 36141e34f0..dc866b8905 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
@@ -3565,21 +3565,16 @@ int journal_file_copy_entry(JournalFile *from, JournalFile *to, Object *o, uint6
 
         for (uint64_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                 uint64_t l, h;
-                le64_t le_hash;
                 size_t t;
                 void *data;
                 Object *u;
 
                 q = le64toh(o->entry.items[i].object_offset);
-                le_hash = o->entry.items[i].hash;
 
                 r = journal_file_move_to_object(from, OBJECT_DATA, q, &o);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                if (le_hash != o->data.hash)
-                        return -EBADMSG;
-
                 l = le64toh(READ_NOW(o->object.size));
                 if (l < offsetof(Object, data.payload))
                         return -EBADMSG;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
index 64e732cb95..56eaecb101 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -645,11 +645,10 @@ static int verify_entry(
 
         n = journal_file_entry_n_items(o);
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-                uint64_t q, h;
+                uint64_t q;
                 Object *u;
 
                 q = le64toh(o->entry.items[i].object_offset);
-                h = le64toh(o->entry.items[i].hash);
 
                 if (!contains_uint64(cache_data_fd, n_data, q)) {
                         error(p, "Invalid data object of entry");
@@ -660,12 +659,7 @@ static int verify_entry(
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                if (le64toh(u->data.hash) != h) {
-                        error(p, "Hash mismatch for data object of entry");
-                        return -EBADMSG;
-                }
-
-                r = data_object_in_hash_table(f, h, q);
+                r = data_object_in_hash_table(f, le64toh(u->data.hash), q);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
                 if (r == 0) {
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/sd-journal.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/sd-journal.c
index 50db7f9910..644b9957b0 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -2303,12 +2303,10 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_get_data(sd_journal *j, const char *field, const void **
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                 Object *d;
                 uint64_t p, l;
-                le64_t le_hash;
                 size_t t;
                 int compression;
 
                 p = le64toh(o->entry.items[i].object_offset);
-                le_hash = o->entry.items[i].hash;
                 r = journal_file_move_to_object(f, OBJECT_DATA, p, &d);
                 if (IN_SET(r, -EADDRNOTAVAIL, -EBADMSG)) {
                         log_debug_errno(r, "Entry item %"PRIu64" data object is bad, skipping over it: %m", i);
@@ -2317,11 +2315,6 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_get_data(sd_journal *j, const char *field, const void **
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                if (le_hash != d->data.hash) {
-                        log_debug("Entry item %"PRIu64" hash is bad, skipping over it.", i);
-                        continue;
-                }
-
                 l = le64toh(d->object.size) - offsetof(Object, data.payload);
 
                 compression = d->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK;
@@ -2450,10 +2443,8 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_enumerate_data(sd_journal *j, const void **data, size_t
 
         for (uint64_t n = journal_file_entry_n_items(o); j->current_field < n; j->current_field++) {
                 uint64_t p;
-                le64_t le_hash;
 
                 p = le64toh(o->entry.items[j->current_field].object_offset);
-                le_hash = o->entry.items[j->current_field].hash;
                 r = journal_file_move_to_object(f, OBJECT_DATA, p, &o);
                 if (IN_SET(r, -EADDRNOTAVAIL, -EBADMSG)) {
                         log_debug_errno(r, "Entry item %"PRIu64" data object is bad, skipping over it: %m", j->current_field);
@@ -2462,11 +2453,6 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_enumerate_data(sd_journal *j, const void **data, size_t
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                if (le_hash != o->data.hash) {
-                        log_debug("Entry item %"PRIu64" hash is bad, skipping over it.", j->current_field);
-                        continue;
-                }
-
                 r = return_data(j, f, o, data, size);
                 if (r == -EBADMSG) {
                         log_debug("Entry item %"PRIu64" data payload is bad, skipping over it.", j->current_field);