diff --git a/ts/test-electron/ContactsParser_test.ts b/ts/test-electron/ContactsParser_test.ts
index f10b05eab0..3bef8edc93 100644
--- a/ts/test-electron/ContactsParser_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test-electron/ContactsParser_test.ts
@@ -127,35 +127,6 @@ describe('ContactsParser', () => {
         }
       }
     });
-
-    it('parses an array buffer of contacts where contacts are dropped due to missing ACI', async () => {
-      let absolutePath: string | undefined;
-
-      try {
-        const avatarBuffer = generateAvatar();
-        const bytes = Bytes.concatenate([
-          generatePrefixedContact(avatarBuffer, null),
-          avatarBuffer,
-          generatePrefixedContact(undefined, null),
-          getTestBuffer(),
-        ]);
-
-        const fileName = generateGuid();
-        absolutePath = join(tempDir, fileName);
-        writeFileSync(absolutePath, bytes);
-
-        const contacts = await parseContactsWithSmallChunkSize({
-          absolutePath,
-        });
-        assert.strictEqual(contacts.length, 3);
-
-        await Promise.all(contacts.map(contact => verifyContact(contact)));
-      } finally {
-        if (absolutePath) {
-          unlinkSync(absolutePath);
-        }
-      }
-    });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/ContactsParser.ts b/ts/textsecure/ContactsParser.ts
index 38c0a7c58a..2d9aef7128 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/ContactsParser.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/ContactsParser.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { AciString } from '../types/ServiceId';
 import { computeHash } from '../Crypto';
 import { dropNull } from '../util/dropNull';
 import { fromAciUuidBytesOrString } from '../util/ServiceId';
+import * as Bytes from '../Bytes';
 import { decryptAttachmentV2ToSink } from '../AttachmentCrypto';
 
 import Avatar = Proto.ContactDetails.IAvatar;
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ function prepareContact(
 
   const aci = fromAciUuidBytesOrString(aciBinary, rawAci, 'ContactBuffer.aci');
 
-  if (aci == null) {
+  if ((Bytes.isNotEmpty(aciBinary) || rawAci) && aci == null) {
     log.warn('ParseContactsTransform: Dropping contact with invalid aci');
     return undefined;
   }