diff --git a/clusters/k8s01/apps.yaml b/clusters/k8s01/apps.yaml
index 4ea2b30118bc518e0ac00b3b0f4f123432d4e51c..6e873eb52ffad38532c91377421779469feb984d 100644
--- a/clusters/k8s01/apps.yaml
+++ b/clusters/k8s01/apps.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ spec:
     name: flux-system
   path: ./apps/k8s01
   prune: true
-  validation: client
   decryption:
     provider: sops
     secretRef:
diff --git a/clusters/k8s01/bootstrap.yaml b/clusters/k8s01/bootstrap.yaml
index 296b4723ec1ecfda594520591bac7d52b15eac39..62fa8096e08c5437e9018ab63753299b797f348e 100644
--- a/clusters/k8s01/bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/clusters/k8s01/bootstrap.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ spec:
     name: flux-system
   path: ./bootstrap
   prune: true
-  validation: client
   healthChecks:
     - apiVersion: apps/v1
       kind: DaemonSet
diff --git a/clusters/k8s01/infrastructure.yaml b/clusters/k8s01/infrastructure.yaml
index 24f62a8d3a81b7f1c307d4da7cd7df78617819cb..b213f4b91f4efd6138748aab013e546b27364afa 100644
--- a/clusters/k8s01/infrastructure.yaml
+++ b/clusters/k8s01/infrastructure.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ spec:
     name: flux-system
   path: ./infrastructure
   prune: true
-  validation: client