diff --git a/lib/config/validation.js b/lib/config/validation.js
index 4a8fa81658de5b22ae1ac17a97b761ed7134dcba..3955de01cfe6bed701514cd8a6961f398d04f83b 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation.js
+++ b/lib/config/validation.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const options = require('./definitions').getOptions();
-const { isValidSemver } = require('../versioning/semver');
 const { resolveConfigPresets } = require('./presets');
 const {
   hasValidSchedule,
@@ -90,13 +89,6 @@ async function validateConfig(config, isPreset, parentPath) {
             message: `${currentPath}: ${errorMessage}`,
           });
         }
-      } else if (key === 'allowedVersions' && val !== null) {
-        if (!isValidSemver(val)) {
-          errors.push({
-            depName: 'Configuration Error',
-            message: `Invalid semver range for ${currentPath}: \`${val}\``,
-          });
-        }
       } else if (val != null) {
         const type = optionTypes[key];
         if (type === 'boolean') {
@@ -170,17 +162,6 @@ async function validateConfig(config, isPreset, parentPath) {
                       message,
                     });
                   }
-                  if (
-                    resolvedRule.matchCurrentVersion &&
-                    !isValidSemver(resolvedRule.matchCurrentVersion)
-                  ) {
-                    errors.push({
-                      depName: 'Configuration Error',
-                      message: `${currentPath}: ${
-                        resolvedRule.matchCurrentVersion
-                      } isn't a valid semver`,
-                    });
-                  }
                 } else {
                   errors.push({
                     depName: 'Configuration Error',
diff --git a/test/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.js.snap b/test/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.js.snap
index dfdb6d1ecbe5544c13d8af7b636597fc36979b90..861b627fc06aa5a51ef68dc94265c9e2b8d8ad5f 100644
--- a/test/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/config/__snapshots__/validation.spec.js.snap
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) errors for all types 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Configuration option \`lockFileMaintenance\` should be a json object",
+    "message": "extends: Invalid timezone: Europe/Brussel",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Invalid semver range for allowedVersions: \`foo\`",
+    "message": "Configuration option \`enabled\` should be boolean. Found: 1 (number)",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Invalid schedule: \`Schedule \\"every 15 mins every weekday\\" should not specify minutes\`",
+    "message": "Configuration option \`labels\` should be a list (Array)",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Invalid regExp for packageRules[3].excludePackagePatterns: \`abc ([a-z]+) ([a-z]+))\`",
+    "message": "Configuration option \`lockFileMaintenance\` should be a json object",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Configuration option \`labels\` should be a list (Array)",
+    "message": "Configuration option \`packageRules[3].packagePatterns\` should be a list (Array)",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@ Array [
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Configuration option \`enabled\` should be boolean. Found: 1 (number)",
-  },
-  Object {
-    "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Configuration option \`packageRules[3].packagePatterns\` should be a list (Array)",
+    "message": "Invalid configuration option: \`packageRules[1].foo\`",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "Invalid configuration option: \`packageRules[1].foo\`",
+    "message": "Invalid regExp for packageRules[3].excludePackagePatterns: \`abc ([a-z]+) ([a-z]+))\`",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "extends: Invalid timezone: Europe/Brussel",
+    "message": "Invalid schedule: \`Schedule \\"every 15 mins every weekday\\" should not specify minutes\`",
   },
   Object {
     "depName": "Configuration Error",
@@ -72,15 +68,6 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) ignore packageRule nesting validation for presets 1`] = `Array []`;
 
-exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) invalid matchCurrentVersion triggers an error 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Object {
-    "depName": "Configuration Error",
-    "message": "packageRules: >= 2.-1.4 isn't a valid semver",
-  },
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`config/validation validateConfig(config) returns deprecation warnings 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
diff --git a/test/config/validation.spec.js b/test/config/validation.spec.js
index a7c5ead5f2666c8e0657e62ce318b1cfcc1faefc..c40dffeb3a3e1725d5aeaa7852122832e388a90d 100644
--- a/test/config/validation.spec.js
+++ b/test/config/validation.spec.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('config/validation', () => {
       );
       expect(warnings).toHaveLength(0);
       expect(errors).toMatchSnapshot();
-      expect(errors).toHaveLength(13);
+      expect(errors).toHaveLength(12);
     });
     it('selectors outside packageRules array trigger errors', async () => {
       const config = {
@@ -107,22 +107,6 @@ describe('config/validation', () => {
       expect(errors).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(errors).toHaveLength(0);
     });
-    it('invalid matchCurrentVersion triggers an error', async () => {
-      const config = {
-        packageRules: [
-          {
-            packageNames: ['angular'],
-            matchCurrentVersion: '>= 2.-1.4',
-          },
-        ],
-      };
-      const { warnings, errors } = await configValidation.validateConfig(
-        config
-      );
-      expect(warnings).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(errors).toMatchSnapshot();
-      expect(errors).toHaveLength(1);
-    });
     it('errors for unsafe fileMatches', async () => {
       const config = {
         npm: {