diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/FirmwareScvValidator.java b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/FirmwareScvValidator.java
index 452115d6a..eb4502504 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/FirmwareScvValidator.java
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/FirmwareScvValidator.java
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ public static AppraisalStatus validateFirmware(
         // In this case, try to look up the event log associated with the device, then get the base rim associated by event log hash
         List<ReferenceManifest> deviceRims = referenceManifestRepository.findByDeviceName(hostName);
         for (ReferenceManifest deviceRim : deviceRims) {
-            if (deviceRim instanceof BaseReferenceManifest &&
-                    !deviceRim.isSwidSupplemental() &&
-                    !deviceRim.isSwidPatch() &&
-                    !deviceRim.isArchived()) {
+            if (deviceRim instanceof BaseReferenceManifest && !deviceRim.isSwidSupplemental() && !deviceRim.isSwidPatch()) {
                 baseReferenceManifest = (BaseReferenceManifest) deviceRim;
             }