diff --git a/src/schemas/event-schema.ts b/src/schemas/event-schema.ts
index d2a0816..99abc4d 100644
--- a/src/schemas/event-schema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/event-schema.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ export const eventSchema = Schema.object({
   pubkey: pubkeySchema.required(),
   created_at: Schema.number().min(0).multiple(1).custom(seconds).required(),
   kind: kindSchema.required(),
-  tags: Schema.array().items(tagSchema).max(500).required(),
+  tags: Schema.array().items(tagSchema).required(),
   content: Schema.string()
-    .max(64 * 1024) // 64 kB
     .allow('')
     .required(),
   sig: signatureSchema.required(),
diff --git a/test/unit/schemas/event-schema.spec.ts b/test/unit/schemas/event-schema.spec.ts
index 3456ea9..3dd73c2 100644
--- a/test/unit/schemas/event-schema.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/schemas/event-schema.spec.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ describe('NIP-01', () => {
       ],
       content: [
         { message: 'must be a string', transform: assocPath(['content'], null) },
-        { message: 'length must be less than or equal to 65536 characters long', transform: assocPath(['content'], ' '.repeat(64 * 1024 + 1)) },
         { message: 'is required', transform: omit(['content']) },
       ],
       sig: [
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ describe('NIP-01', () => {
       tags: [
         { message: 'must be an array', transform: assocPath(['tags'], null) },
         { message: 'is required', transform: omit(['tags']) },
-        { message: 'must contain less than or equal to 500 items', transform: assocPath(['tags'], range(0, 501).map(() => (['x', 'x']))) },
       ],
       tag: [
         { message: 'must be an array', transform: assocPath(['tags', 0], null) },