diff --git a/app/lib/api/v2/hue-api-v2.ts b/app/lib/api/v2/hue-api-v2.ts
index 408f2512..469c14e0 100644
--- a/app/lib/api/v2/hue-api-v2.ts
+++ b/app/lib/api/v2/hue-api-v2.ts
@@ -53,22 +53,42 @@ type PutLight = {
     color?: LightColorData
 }
 
+const EMPTY = JSON.stringify({})
+
+export const cleanMessage = (message: any) => {
+    const result = { ...message }
+
+    if (JSON.stringify(result.color_temperature) === EMPTY) {
+        delete result.color_temperature
+    }
+
+    if (JSON.stringify(result.color) === EMPTY) {
+        delete result.color
+    }
+
+    if (result.color_temperature && result.color) {
+        delete result.color
+    }
+
+    return result
+}
+
 export const putLightResource = async (resource: Light) => {
-    return putLight(resource, {
+    return putLight(resource, cleanMessage({
         dimming: resource.dimming,
         on: resource.on,
         color_temperature: resource.color_temperature,
         color: resource.color
-    })
+    }))
 }
 
 export const putGroupedLightResource = async (resource: GroupedLight) => {
-    return putLight(resource, {
+    return putLight(resource, cleanMessage({
         dimming: resource.dimming,
         on: resource.on,
         color_temperature: resource.color_temperature,
         color: resource.color
-    })
+    }))
 }
 
 const putLightLocked = async (resource: HueIdentifiable, message: PutLight) => {
@@ -107,18 +127,8 @@ export const stopTestPutLights = () => {
     return result
 }
 
-export const validatePutLights = (message: any, info: string) => {
-    if (message.color && message.color_temperature && !Object.is(message.color, {}) && !Object.is(message.color_temperature, {})) {
-        log.warn(`${info} Both color and color_temperature set, put is likely to fail`, {
-            message
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 const lock = new AsyncLock({ timeout: 5000 })
 export const putLight = async (light: HueIdentifiable, message: PutLight) => {
-    validatePutLights(message, "putLight")
-
     const [resolveResult, promise] = resolvable()
     lock.acquire("put", async (done) => {
         if (testPutLights) {
diff --git a/app/lib/put/put-handler.test.ts b/app/lib/put/put-handler.test.ts
index dc6b6098..1f36e4b0 100644
--- a/app/lib/put/put-handler.test.ts
+++ b/app/lib/put/put-handler.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { putMessage } from "./put-handler"
 import { TestLogger } from "../logger.test"
 import { expectedForNotifyRestore } from "./effects/light-effect-handler-stubs"
 import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest"
-import { startTestPutLights, stopTestPutLights } from "../api/v2/hue-api-v2"
+import { cleanMessage, startTestPutLights, stopTestPutLights } from "../api/v2/hue-api-v2"
 
 vi.spyOn(api, "loadTypedById").mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(deviceStubs.lightWithColor))
 
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ describe("PUT handler", () => {
         expect(stopTestPutLights()).toStrictEqual([
             {
                 dimming: { brightness: 50 },
-                color: deviceStubs.lightWithColor.color,
                 color_temperature: {
                     mirek: null,
                     mirek_schema: {
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ describe("PUT handler", () => {
         expect(stopTestPutLights()).toStrictEqual([
             {
                 dimming: { brightness: 50 },
-                color: deviceStubs.lightWithColor.color,
                 color_temperature: {
                     mirek: null,
                     mirek_schema: {
@@ -145,4 +143,76 @@ describe("PUT handler", () => {
             }
         ])
     })
+
+    describe("Clean message", () => {
+        test("Both set", async () => {
+            const cleaned = cleanMessage({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                },
+                color: {
+                    xy: [0.5, 0.5]
+                }
+            })
+            expect(cleaned).toStrictEqual({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                }
+            })
+        })
+
+        test("Temperature set", async () => {
+            const cleaned = cleanMessage({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                }
+            })
+            expect(cleaned).toStrictEqual({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                }
+            })
+        })
+
+        test("Temperature set and color empty", async () => {
+            const cleaned = cleanMessage({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                },
+                color: {}
+            })
+            expect(cleaned).toStrictEqual({
+                color_temperature: {
+                    mirek: 250
+                }
+            })
+        })
+
+        test("Color set", async () => {
+            const cleaned = cleanMessage({
+                color: {
+                    xy: [0.5, 0.5]
+                }
+            })
+            expect(cleaned).toStrictEqual({
+                color: {
+                    xy: [0.5, 0.5]
+                }
+            })
+        })
+
+        test("Color set and temperature empty", async () => {
+            const cleaned = cleanMessage({
+                color: {
+                    xy: [0.5, 0.5]
+                },
+                color_temperature: {}
+            })
+            expect(cleaned).toStrictEqual({
+                color: {
+                    xy: [0.5, 0.5]
+                }
+            })
+        })
+    })
 })
diff --git a/app/lib/put/put-handler.ts b/app/lib/put/put-handler.ts
index 9b9190b2..e13b922f 100644
--- a/app/lib/put/put-handler.ts
+++ b/app/lib/put/put-handler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { HueIdentifiable } from "../api/v2/types/general"
 import { isLight } from "../api/v2/types/light"
 import { isEffectMessage, LightEffectMessage, LightMessage, toGroupedLight, toLight } from "../messages/light-message"
-import { putGroupedLightResource, putLightResource, validatePutLights } from "../api/v2/hue-api-v2"
+import { putGroupedLightResource, putLightResource } from "../api/v2/hue-api-v2"
 import { log } from "../logger"
 import { applyEffect } from "./effects/light-effect-handler"
 import { isGroupedLight } from "../api/v2/types/grouped-light"
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ export const putMessage = async (resource: HueIdentifiable, message: Buffer) =>
             else {
                 const newResource = toLight(resource, lightMsg)
 
-                validatePutLights(newResource, "putMessage")
-
                 // resource will be updated by the Hue SSE API
                 try {
                     await putLightResource(newResource)