diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index ecca9ac63..81dd5b7c7 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::dump::{self, load_dump, DumpHandler};
 use crate::index::{
     Checked, Document, IndexMeta, IndexStats, SearchQuery, SearchResult, Settings, Unchecked,
 };
+use crate::index_resolver::error::IndexResolverError;
 use crate::options::{IndexerOpts, SchedulerConfig};
 use crate::snapshot::{load_snapshot, SnapshotService};
 use crate::tasks::error::TaskError;
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ where
     }
 
     pub async fn register_update(&self, uid: String, update: Update) -> Result<Task> {
-        let index_uid = IndexUid::new(uid)?;
+        let index_uid = IndexUid::from_str(&uid).map_err(IndexResolverError::from)?;
         let content = match update {
             Update::DeleteDocuments(ids) => TaskContent::DocumentDeletion {
                 index_uid,
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_resolver/mod.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_resolver/mod.rs
index a7991e8ef..894eea9c5 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_resolver/mod.rs
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ pub fn create_index_resolver(
 }
 
 impl IndexUid {
-    pub fn new(uid: String) -> Result<Self> {
-        if !uid
-            .chars()
-            .all(|x| x.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || x == '-' || x == '_')
-            || !(1..=400).contains(&uid.len())
-        {
-            Err(IndexResolverError::BadlyFormatted(uid))
-        } else {
-            Ok(Self(uid))
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn new_unchecked(s: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self {
         Self(s.as_ref().to_string())
     }