diff --git a/lib/email/receiver.rb b/lib/email/receiver.rb
index 197832df9e4..454dbdf54b3 100644
--- a/lib/email/receiver.rb
+++ b/lib/email/receiver.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ module Email
     end
 
     def is_auto_generated?
-      @mail.return_path.blank? ||
       @mail[:precedence].to_s[/list|junk|bulk|auto_reply/] ||
       @mail.header.to_s[/auto-(submitted|replied|generated)/]
     end
diff --git a/spec/components/email/receiver_spec.rb b/spec/components/email/receiver_spec.rb
index aec65fa0e8a..b07c70dc2e0 100644
--- a/spec/components/email/receiver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/email/receiver_spec.rb
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ describe Email::Receiver do
     expect { Email::Receiver.new(email(:missing_message_id)) }.to raise_error(Email::Receiver::NoMessageIdError)
   end
 
-  it "raises an AutoGeneratedEmailError when the mail has no return path" do
-    expect { process(:no_return_path) }.to raise_error(Email::Receiver::AutoGeneratedEmailError)
-  end
-
   it "raises an AutoGeneratedEmailError when the mail is auto generated" do
     expect { process(:auto_generated_precedence) }.to raise_error(Email::Receiver::AutoGeneratedEmailError)
     expect { process(:auto_generated_header) }.to raise_error(Email::Receiver::AutoGeneratedEmailError)
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/emails/no_return_path.eml b/spec/fixtures/emails/no_return_path.eml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fae2e6bc84..00000000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/emails/no_return_path.eml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-From: Foo Bar <foo@bar.com>
-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:12:43 +0100
-Message-ID: <1@foo.bar.mail>
-Precedence: list
-Mime-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit