diff --git a/pkg/services/apemanager/executor.go b/pkg/services/apemanager/executor.go
index 58922fede..5e871b373 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apemanager/executor.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apemanager/executor.go
@@ -177,19 +177,15 @@ func (s *Service) RemoveChain(ctx context.Context, req *apemanagerV2.RemoveChain
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Service) ListChains(ctx context.Context, req *apemanagerV2.ListChainsRequest) (*apemanagerV2.ListChainsResponse, error) {
-	pub, err := getSignaturePublicKey(req.GetVerificationHeader())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
+func (s *Service) ListChains(_ context.Context, req *apemanagerV2.ListChainsRequest) (*apemanagerV2.ListChainsResponse, error) {
 	var target policy_engine.Target
 
 	switch targetType := req.GetBody().GetTarget().GetTargetType(); targetType {
 	case apeV2.TargetTypeContainer:
 		reqCID := req.GetBody().GetTarget().GetName()
-		if err = s.validateContainerTargetRequest(ctx, reqCID, pub); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		var cidSDK cidSDK.ID
+		if err := cidSDK.DecodeString(reqCID); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid CID format: %w", err)
 		}
 		target = policy_engine.ContainerTarget(reqCID)
 	default: