diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js b/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     isValidCashtabCache,
     isValidContactList,
     parseInvalidSettingsForMigration,
-    validateMnemonicWordList,
 } from 'utils/validation';
 import localforage from 'localforage';
 import { currency } from 'components/Common/Ticker';
@@ -839,34 +838,16 @@
     };
 
     const validateMnemonic = (mnemonic, wordlist = bip39.wordlists.english) => {
-        let mnemonicTestOutput;
-
-        // temporary validation of wordlist exclusion
-        // to be removed in next diff in stack
-        console.log('english: ' + bip39.wordlists.english);
-        if (
-            !bip39.wordlists.japanese &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.spanish &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.italian &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.french &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.korean &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.czech &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.portuguese &&
-            !bip39.wordlists.chinese_traditional
-        ) {
-            console.log(
-                'bip39 wordlist is excluding japanese, spanish, italian, french, korean, czech, portuguese and chinese',
-            );
-        }
-
         try {
-            mnemonicTestOutput = validateMnemonicWordList(mnemonic, wordlist);
+            if (!mnemonic || !wordlist) return false;
 
-            if (mnemonicTestOutput === 'Valid mnemonic') {
-                return true;
-            } else {
-                return false;
-            }
+            // Preprocess the words
+            const words = mnemonic.split(' ');
+            // Detect blank phrase
+            if (words.length === 0) return false;
+
+            // Check the words are valid
+            return bip39.validateMnemonic(mnemonic, wordlist);
         } catch (err) {
             console.log(err);
             return false;
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js b/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     isValidContactList,
     parseInvalidSettingsForMigration,
     isValidCashtabCache,
-    validateMnemonicWordList,
 } from '../validation';
 import { currency } from 'components/Common/Ticker.js';
 import { fromSatoshisToXec } from 'utils/cashMethods';
@@ -49,28 +48,8 @@
     cashtabCacheWithTokenNameNotString,
     cashtabCacheWithMissingTokenName,
 } from 'utils/__mocks__/mockCashtabCache';
-import * as bip39 from 'bip39';
 
 describe('Validation utils', () => {
-    it(`validateMnemonicWordList() returns a success message for a valid mnemonic`, () => {
-        const validMnemonic =
-            'labor tail bulb distance estate collect lecture into smile differ yard legal';
-        expect(
-            validateMnemonicWordList(validMnemonic, bip39.wordlists.english),
-        ).toBe('Valid mnemonic');
-    });
-    it(`validateMnemonicWordList() returns an error message for an invalid mnemonic`, () => {
-        const validMnemonic =
-            'labor tail bulb not valid collect lecture into smile differ yard legal';
-        expect(
-            validateMnemonicWordList(validMnemonic, bip39.wordlists.english),
-        ).toBe('Invalid mnemonic');
-    });
-    it(`validateMnemonicWordList() returns an error message for an empty mnemonic`, () => {
-        expect(validateMnemonicWordList('', bip39.wordlists.english)).toBe(
-            'Invalid mnemonic',
-        );
-    });
     it(`Returns 'false' if ${currency.ticker} send amount is a valid send amount`, () => {
         expect(shouldRejectAmountInput('10', currency.ticker, 20.0, 300)).toBe(
             false,
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js b/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
@@ -2,21 +2,6 @@
 import { currency } from 'components/Common/Ticker.js';
 import { fromSatoshisToXec } from 'utils/cashMethods';
 import cashaddr from 'ecashaddrjs';
-import * as bip39 from 'bip39';
-
-// reference: https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/bch-js/blob/62e56c832b35731880fe448269818b853c76dd80/src/mnemonic.js#L160-L180
-export const validateMnemonicWordList = (mnemonic, wordlist) => {
-    // Preprocess the words
-    const words = mnemonic.split(' ');
-    // Detect blank phrase
-    if (words.length === 0) return 'Blank mnemonic';
-
-    // Check the words are valid
-    const isValid = bip39.validateMnemonic(mnemonic, wordlist);
-    if (!isValid) return 'Invalid mnemonic';
-
-    return 'Valid mnemonic';
-};
 
 // Validate cash amount
 export const shouldRejectAmountInput = (