diff --git a/app/models/project_services/pipelines_email_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/pipelines_email_service.rb
index b4e36a7c3ded6d4d0e5e90feb4f28117732c6f33..ec27aa88f16c16aad3a9016de573f9cf037bd635 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/pipelines_email_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/pipelines_email_service.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 class PipelinesEmailService < Service
   prop_accessor :recipients
   boolean_accessor :notify_only_broken_pipelines
-  validates :recipients,
-    presence: true,
-    if: ->(s) { s.activated? }
+  validates :recipients, presence: true, if: :activated?
 
   def initialize_properties
     self.properties ||= { notify_only_broken_pipelines: true }