diff --git a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/DecisionServiceTest.cs b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/DecisionServiceTest.cs
index f746ac3f..fcf9fb22 100644
--- a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/DecisionServiceTest.cs
+++ b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/DecisionServiceTest.cs
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ public void TestGetVariationForFeatureWhenTheUserIsNeitherBucketedIntoFeatureExp
             OptimizelyUserContextMock.Setup(ouc => ouc.GetUserId()).Returns(UserProfileId);
 
             var actualDecision = DecisionServiceMock.Object.GetVariationForFeature(featureFlag, OptimizelyUserContextMock.Object, ProjectConfig);
-            Assert.IsNull(actualDecision.ResultObject);
+            Assert.IsNull(actualDecision.ResultObject.Variation);
 
             LoggerMock.Verify(l => l.Log(LogLevel.INFO, "The user \"userProfileId\" is not bucketed into a rollout for feature flag \"string_single_variable_feature\"."));
         }
diff --git a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/OptimizelyUserContextTest.cs b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/OptimizelyUserContextTest.cs
index d5ab832a..74572577 100644
--- a/OptimizelySDK.Tests/OptimizelyUserContextTest.cs
+++ b/OptimizelySDK.Tests/OptimizelyUserContextTest.cs
@@ -224,21 +224,6 @@ public void TestGetForcedDecisionReturnsNullIfInvalidConfig()
             Assert.IsNull(result);
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void TestSetForcedDecisionReturnsFalseForNullConfig()
-        {
-            var optly = new Optimizely(new FallbackProjectConfigManager(null), logger: LoggerMock.Object);
-
-            var user = optly.CreateUserContext(UserID);
-
-            var context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext("flag", null);
-            var decision = new OptimizelyForcedDecision("variationKey");
-            var result = user.SetForcedDecision(context, decision);
-
-            Assert.IsFalse(result);
-            LoggerMock.Verify(log => log.Log(LogLevel.ERROR, "Optimizely SDK not configured properly yet."), Times.Once);
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void TestGetForcedDecisionReturnsNullWithNullFlagKey()
         {
@@ -341,22 +326,6 @@ public void TestRemoveForcedDecisionRemovesDecision()
             Assert.AreEqual(null, result);
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void TestRemoveForcedDecisionReturnsFalseForNullConfig()
-        {
-            var optly = new Optimizely(new FallbackProjectConfigManager(null));
-
-            var user = optly.CreateUserContext(UserID);
-
-            var context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext("flagKey", null);
-            var decision = new OptimizelyForcedDecision("variationKey");
-            var setResult = user.SetForcedDecision(context, decision);
-
-            var result = user.RemoveForcedDecision(context);
-
-            Assert.AreEqual(false, result);
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void TestRemoveAllForcedDecisionsRemovesDecisions()
         {
@@ -386,22 +355,6 @@ public void TestRemoveAllForcedDecisionsRemovesDecisions()
             Assert.AreEqual(null, result3);
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void TestRemoveAllForcedDecisionsReturnsFalseForNullConfig()
-        {
-            var optly = new Optimizely(new FallbackProjectConfigManager(null));
-
-            var user = optly.CreateUserContext(UserID);
-
-            var context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext("flagKey");
-            var decision = new OptimizelyForcedDecision("variation");
-            user.SetForcedDecision(context, decision);
-
-            var result = user.RemoveAllForcedDecisions();
-
-            Assert.AreEqual(false, result);
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void DecideInvalidFlagKey()
         {
diff --git a/OptimizelySDK/OptimizelyUserContext.cs b/OptimizelySDK/OptimizelyUserContext.cs
index 9b7f7a0e..9e7b0ac8 100644
--- a/OptimizelySDK/OptimizelyUserContext.cs
+++ b/OptimizelySDK/OptimizelyUserContext.cs
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@ public virtual void TrackEvent(string eventName,
         /// <returns></returns>
         public bool SetForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext context, OptimizelyForcedDecision decision)
         {
-            if (!Optimizely.IsValid)
-            {
-                Logger.Log(LogLevel.ERROR, DecisionMessage.SDK_NOT_READY);
-                return false;
-            }
-
             lock (mutex)
             {
                 ForcedDecisionsStore[context] = decision;
@@ -253,12 +247,6 @@ public bool SetForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext context, OptimizelyForce
         /// <returns>The variation key for a forced decision</returns>
         public OptimizelyForcedDecision GetForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext context)
         {
-            if (!Optimizely.IsValid)
-            {
-                Logger.Log(LogLevel.ERROR, DecisionMessage.SDK_NOT_READY);
-                return null;
-            }
-
             if (context == null || context.FlagKey == null)
             {
                 Logger.Log(LogLevel.WARN, "flagKey cannot be null");
@@ -291,12 +279,6 @@ public bool RemoveForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext context)
                 Logger.Log(LogLevel.WARN, "FlagKey cannot be null");
                 return false;
             }
-
-            if (!Optimizely.IsValid)
-            {
-                Logger.Log(LogLevel.ERROR, DecisionMessage.SDK_NOT_READY);
-                return false;
-            }
             
             lock (mutex)
             {
@@ -310,12 +292,6 @@ public bool RemoveForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext context)
         /// <returns>Whether the clear was successful.</returns>
         public bool RemoveAllForcedDecisions()
         {
-            if (!Optimizely.IsValid)
-            {
-                Logger.Log(LogLevel.ERROR, DecisionMessage.SDK_NOT_READY);
-                return false;
-            }
-
             lock (mutex)
             {
                 ForcedDecisionsStore.RemoveAll();