diff --git a/data/defaults.yaml b/data/defaults.yaml
--- a/data/defaults.yaml
+++ b/data/defaults.yaml
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@
 swh::deploy::worker::storage::pipeline:
   cls: pipeline
   steps:
-    - cls: validate
     - cls: retry
     - cls: filter
     - cls: buffer