diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetcapabilities.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetcapabilities.cpp
index e5a516f0dde5..df490cd2bb1b 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetcapabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetcapabilities.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
     QStringList spatialOperators;
     spatialOperators << QStringLiteral( "Equals" ) << QStringLiteral( "Disjoint" ) << QStringLiteral( "Touches" )
                      << QStringLiteral( "Within" ) << QStringLiteral( "Overlaps" ) << QStringLiteral( "Crosses" )
-                     << QStringLiteral( "Intersects" ) << QStringLiteral( "Contains" ) << QStringLiteral( "DWithin" )
-                     << QStringLiteral( "Beyond" ) << QStringLiteral( "BBOX" );
+                     << QStringLiteral( "Intersects" ) << QStringLiteral( "Contains" ) << QStringLiteral( "BBOX" );
     QDomElement spatialOperatorsElem = doc.createElement( QStringLiteral( "ogc:SpatialOperators" ) );
     for ( const QString &spatialOperator : spatialOperators )
     {
diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsutils.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsutils.cpp
index 4dbb4ba6b549..2f6b67c85e30 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsutils.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsutils.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
       std::shared_ptr<QgsExpression> filter( QgsOgcUtils::expressionFromOgcFilter( filterElem, layer ) );
       if ( filter )
       {
-        if ( filter->hasParserError() )
+        if ( filter->hasParserError() || !filter->parserErrorString().isEmpty() )
         {
           throw QgsRequestNotWellFormedException( filter->parserErrorString() );
         }
diff --git a/tests/testdata/qgis_server/wfs_getcapabilities.txt b/tests/testdata/qgis_server/wfs_getcapabilities.txt
index 8cdfce6b449e..748c6ed66666 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/qgis_server/wfs_getcapabilities.txt
+++ b/tests/testdata/qgis_server/wfs_getcapabilities.txt
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
     <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Crosses"/>
     <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Intersects"/>
     <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Contains"/>
-    <ogc:SpatialOperator name="DWithin"/>
-    <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Beyond"/>
     <ogc:SpatialOperator name="BBOX"/>
    </ogc:SpatialOperators>
   </ogc:Spatial_Capabilities>