diff --git a/fhir-server/src/main/java/com/ibm/fhir/server/resources/FHIRResource.java b/fhir-server/src/main/java/com/ibm/fhir/server/resources/FHIRResource.java
index 30c003055e0..4b5baf5864e 100644
--- a/fhir-server/src/main/java/com/ibm/fhir/server/resources/FHIRResource.java
+++ b/fhir-server/src/main/java/com/ibm/fhir/server/resources/FHIRResource.java
@@ -130,11 +130,8 @@ protected void checkInitComplete() throws FHIROperationException {
      * we'll throw an error to short-circuit the current in-progress REST API invocation.
      */
     protected void checkType(String type) throws FHIROperationException {
-        if (!ModelSupport.isResourceType(type)) {
-            throw buildUnsupportedResourceTypeException(type);
-        }
         if (!ModelSupport.isConcreteResourceType(type)) {
-            log.warning("Use of abstract resource types like '" + type + "' in FHIR URLs is deprecated and will be removed in a future release");
+            throw buildUnsupportedResourceTypeException(type);
         }
     }