diff --git a/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql b/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
index d6b43a1..b3b58fd 100644
--- a/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
+++ b/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ BEGIN
     ' INTO denominator_id
     USING measure_id;
     measure_ids := ARRAY[measure_id, denominator_id];
-  ELSIF normalize IS NULL OR normalize ILIKE 'none' THEN
+  ELSIF normalize ILIKE 'none' THEN
     -- TODO we need a switch on obs_get to disable area normalization
     RAISE EXCEPTION 'No normalization not yet supported.';
   ELSE
-    RAISE EXCEPTION 'Only valid inputs for "normalize" are "area" (default), "denominator", or "none".';
+    RAISE EXCEPTION 'Only valid inputs for "normalize" are "area" (default) and "denominator".';
   END IF;
 
   EXECUTE '