diff --git a/providers/b2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/b2/domain/B2Object.java b/providers/b2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/b2/domain/B2Object.java
index 8b99a8edcd..bb49667197 100644
--- a/providers/b2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/b2/domain/B2Object.java
+++ b/providers/b2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/b2/domain/B2Object.java
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ public abstract class B2Object {
 
    @SerializedNames({"fileId", "fileName", "accountId", "bucketId", "contentLength", "contentSha1", "contentType", "fileInfo", "action", "uploadTimestamp", "payload"})
    public static B2Object create(String fileId, String fileName, @Nullable String accountId, @Nullable String bucketId, @Nullable Long contentLength, @Nullable String contentSha1, @Nullable String contentType, @Nullable Map<String, String> fileInfo, @Nullable Action action, @Nullable Long uploadTimestamp, @Nullable Payload payload) {
-      if ("none".equals(contentSha1)) {
-         // large files may have "none" sha1
-         contentSha1 = null;
-      }
       if (fileInfo != null) {
          fileInfo = ImmutableMap.copyOf(fileInfo);
       }
diff --git a/providers/b2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/b2/features/MultipartApiMockTest.java b/providers/b2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/b2/features/MultipartApiMockTest.java
index 7220b88f48..147167c504 100644
--- a/providers/b2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/b2/features/MultipartApiMockTest.java
+++ b/providers/b2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/b2/features/MultipartApiMockTest.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public final class MultipartApiMockTest {
          assertThat(response.action()).isEqualTo(Action.UPLOAD);
          assertThat(response.bucketId()).isEqualTo(BUCKET_ID);
          assertThat(response.contentLength()).isEqualTo(208158542);
-         assertThat(response.contentSha1()).isNull();
+         assertThat(response.contentSha1()).isEqualTo("none");
          assertThat(response.contentType()).isEqualTo(CONTENT_TYPE);
          assertThat(response.fileId()).isEqualTo(FILE_ID);
          assertThat(response.fileInfo()).isEqualTo(FILE_INFO);