diff --git a/ca/certificate-authority.go b/ca/certificate-authority.go
index 7d43148af..cb37aa60e 100644
--- a/ca/certificate-authority.go
+++ b/ca/certificate-authority.go
@@ -419,12 +419,7 @@ func (ca *CertificateAuthorityImpl) IssueCertificate(csr x509.CertificateRequest
 	}
 
 	// Submit the certificate to any configured CT logs
-	certObj, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certDER)
-	if err != nil {
-		ca.log.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("Post-Issuance OCSP failed parsing Certificate: %s", err))
-		return cert, nil
-	}
-	go ca.Publisher.SubmitToCT(certObj.Raw)
+	go ca.Publisher.SubmitToCT(certDER)
 
 	// Do not return an err at this point; caller must know that the Certificate
 	// was issued. (Also, it should be impossible for err to be non-nil here)