diff --git a/static/js/settings_org.js b/static/js/settings_org.js
index b87d14f77f..e7499232c8 100644
--- a/static/js/settings_org.js
+++ b/static/js/settings_org.js
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ export function build_page() {
         const domain = widget.find(".new-realm-domain").val();
         const allow_subdomains = widget.find(".new-realm-domain-allow-subdomains").prop("checked");
         const data = {
-            domain: JSON.stringify(domain),
+            domain,
             allow_subdomains: JSON.stringify(allow_subdomains),
         };
 
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_realm_domains.py b/zerver/tests/test_realm_domains.py
index 59117a6f2c..d135764fc2 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_realm_domains.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_realm_domains.py
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ class RealmDomainTest(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_create_realm_domain(self) -> None:
         self.login("iago")
         data = {
-            "domain": orjson.dumps("").decode(),
+            "domain": "",
             "allow_subdomains": orjson.dumps(True).decode(),
         }
         result = self.client_post("/json/realm/domains", info=data)
         self.assert_json_error(result, "Invalid domain: Domain can't be empty.")
 
-        data["domain"] = orjson.dumps("acme.com").decode()
+        data["domain"] = "acme.com"
         result = self.client_post("/json/realm/domains", info=data)
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         realm = get_realm("zulip")
diff --git a/zerver/views/realm_domains.py b/zerver/views/realm_domains.py
index 8c8f2ee786..1bc52c441d 100644
--- a/zerver/views/realm_domains.py
+++ b/zerver/views/realm_domains.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from zerver.lib.actions import do_add_realm_domain, do_change_realm_domain, do_r
 from zerver.lib.domains import validate_domain
 from zerver.lib.request import REQ, has_request_variables
 from zerver.lib.response import json_error, json_success
-from zerver.lib.validator import check_bool, check_string
+from zerver.lib.validator import check_bool
 from zerver.models import RealmDomain, UserProfile, get_realm_domains
 
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def list_realm_domains(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile) -> HttpR
 def create_realm_domain(
     request: HttpRequest,
     user_profile: UserProfile,
-    domain: str = REQ(json_validator=check_string),
+    domain: str = REQ(),
     allow_subdomains: bool = REQ(json_validator=check_bool),
 ) -> HttpResponse:
     domain = domain.strip().lower()