diff --git a/netbox/ipam/api/field_serializers.py b/netbox/ipam/api/field_serializers.py
index 63033d41f..d44d8b7d4 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/api/field_serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/api/field_serializers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from ipam import models
-from ipam.validators import validate_ipaddress_with_mask
 from netaddr import AddrFormatError, IPNetwork
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ class IPAddressField(serializers.CharField):
         'invalid': _('Enter a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address with optional mask.'),
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        validator = validate_ipaddress_with_mask
-        self.validators.append(validator)
-
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
         try:
             return IPNetwork(data)
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/validators.py b/netbox/ipam/validators.py
index b8e36c5d2..50faea8b8 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/validators.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/validators.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import BaseValidator, RegexValidator
-from netaddr import AddrFormatError, IPNetwork
 
 
 def prefix_validator(prefix):
@@ -29,13 +28,3 @@ DNSValidator = RegexValidator(
     message='Only alphanumeric characters, asterisks, hyphens, periods, and underscores are allowed in DNS names',
     code='invalid'
 )
-
-
-def validate_ipaddress_with_mask(address):
-    if address:
-        try:
-            IPNetwork(address)
-        except AddrFormatError:
-            raise ValidationError("Invalid IP address format: {}".format(address))
-        except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
-            raise ValidationError(e)