diff --git a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon.c b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon.c
index aa775c2..80e5933 100644
--- a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon.c
+++ b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon.c
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@
 /** Reset the result object to the lowest scope when encountering errors */
 static void reset_validation_result(UwMacaroonValidationResult* result) {
   // Start from the largest scope or highest privilege
-  result->granted_scope =
-      (UwMacaroonCaveatScopeType)UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_LOWEST_POSSIBLE;
+  result->granted_scope = 0;
   result->expiration_time = 0;
   result->weave_app_restricted = true;
   result->lan_session_id = NULL;
diff --git a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.c b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.c
index 3b26b29..85d8bbb 100644
--- a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.c
+++ b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #include "src/macaroon_context.h"
 #include "src/macaroon_encoding.h"
 
+// For security sanity checks
+#define UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_LOWEST_POSSIBLE 127
+
 static bool is_valid_caveat_type_(UwMacaroonCaveatType type) {
   switch (type) {
     case kUwMacaroonCaveatTypeNonce:
@@ -507,7 +510,6 @@
     case kUwMacaroonCaveatTypeScope:
       if (!uw_macaroon_caveat_get_value_uint_(caveat, &scope) ||
           // Larger value means less priviledge
-          scope < UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_HIGHEST_POSSIBLE ||
           scope > UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_LOWEST_POSSIBLE) {
         return false;
       }
diff --git a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.h b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.h
index b6846e8..33f9d24 100644
--- a/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.h
+++ b/third_party/libuweave/src/macaroon_caveat.h
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
   kUwMacaroonCaveatTypeServerAuthenticationTokenV1 = 12289,  // bstr (0x3001)
 } UwMacaroonCaveatType;
 
-// For security sanity checks
-#define UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_HIGHEST_POSSIBLE 0
-#define UW_MACAROON_CAVEAT_SCOPE_LOWEST_POSSIBLE 127
-
 typedef enum {
   kUwMacaroonCaveatScopeTypeOwner = 2,
   kUwMacaroonCaveatScopeTypeManager = 8,