diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
index 09ef467b..b0e45b9e 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
             {
                 ctx.CheckOwnGroup(target);
                 
-                if (img.Url.Length > Limits.MaxUriLength) 
-                    throw Errors.InvalidUrl(img.Url);
                 await AvatarUtils.VerifyAvatarOrThrow(img.Url);
 
                 await _db.Execute(c => _repo.UpdateGroup(c, target.Id, new GroupPatch {Icon = img.Url}));
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberAvatar.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberAvatar.cs
index 6164b82c..786779b6 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberAvatar.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberAvatar.cs
@@ -102,18 +102,11 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
             }
 
             ctx.CheckSystem().CheckOwnMember(target);
-            await ValidateUrl(avatarArg.Value.Url);
+            await AvatarUtils.VerifyAvatarOrThrow(avatarArg.Value.Url);
             await UpdateAvatar(location, ctx, target, avatarArg.Value.Url);
             await PrintResponse(location, ctx, target, avatarArg.Value, guildData);
         }
 
-        private static Task ValidateUrl(string url)
-        {
-            if (url.Length > Limits.MaxUriLength)
-                throw Errors.InvalidUrl(url);
-            return AvatarUtils.VerifyAvatarOrThrow(url);
-        }
-
         private Task PrintResponse(AvatarLocation location, Context ctx, PKMember target, ParsedImage avatar,
                                    MemberGuildSettings? targetGuildData)
         {
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemEdit.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemEdit.cs
index 39676ebd..a4f641af 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemEdit.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemEdit.cs
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
 
             async Task SetIcon(ParsedImage img)
             {
-                if (img.Url.Length > Limits.MaxUriLength) 
-                    throw Errors.InvalidUrl(img.Url);
                 await AvatarUtils.VerifyAvatarOrThrow(img.Url);
 
                 await _db.Execute(c => _repo.UpdateSystem(c, ctx.System.Id, new SystemPatch {AvatarUrl = img.Url}));
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
index 837fc2fc..df4881ab 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
     public static class AvatarUtils {
         public static async Task VerifyAvatarOrThrow(string url)
         {
+            if (url.Length > Limits.MaxUriLength) 
+                throw Errors.UrlTooLong(url);
+
             // List of MIME types we consider acceptable
             var acceptableMimeTypes = new[]
             {