diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailAttachments.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailAttachments.java
index c0496a7131..c2e24e4edb 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailAttachments.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailAttachments.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -134,11 +133,6 @@ public class ExtractEmailAttachments extends AbstractProcessor {
                         if (from == null) {
                             throw new MessagingException("Message failed RFC-2822 validation: No Sender");
                         }
-                        Date sentDate = originalMessage.getSentDate();
-                        if (sentDate == null) {
-                            // Throws MessageException due to lack of minimum required headers
-                            throw new MessagingException("Message failed RFC2822 validation: No Sent Date");
-                        }
                         originalFlowFilesList.add(originalFlowFile);
                         if (parser.hasAttachments()) {
                             final String originalFlowFileName = originalFlowFile.getAttribute(CoreAttributes.FILENAME.key());
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailHeaders.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailHeaders.java
index 55b2b65ccf..54a43ba057 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailHeaders.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ExtractEmailHeaders.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -178,11 +177,7 @@ public class ExtractEmailHeaders extends AbstractProcessor {
                     if (from == null) {
                         throw new MessagingException("Message failed RFC-2822 validation: No Sender");
                     }
-                    Date sentDate = originalMessage.getSentDate();
-                    if (sentDate == null ) {
-                        // Throws MessageException due to lack of minimum required headers
-                        throw new MessagingException("Message failed RFC-2822 validation: No Sent Date");
-                    } else if (capturedHeadersList.size() > 0){
+                    if (capturedHeadersList.size() > 0){
                         Enumeration headers = originalMessage.getAllHeaders();
                         while (headers.hasMoreElements()) {
                             Header header = (Header) headers.nextElement();