diff --git a/frontend/src/app/worker/index.cljs b/frontend/src/app/worker/index.cljs
index 1117440563..cf28759971 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/worker/index.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/worker/index.cljs
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
   (let [tpoint (ct/tpoint-ms)]
     (try
       (let [old-page (dm/get-in @state [:pages-index page-id])
+            ;; The index only holds pages, without the file id nor its
+            ;; components, so shape validation can't run here
+            changes  (remove #(= :validate-shapes (:type %)) changes)
             new-page (-> state
                          (swap! ch/process-changes changes false)
                          (dm/get-in [:pages-index page-id]))