diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
index 289af5165766..3041fd1ed9fd 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
@@ -496,8 +496,6 @@ PipelineHandlerBase::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera, Span<const StreamRole
 		config->addConfiguration(cfg);
 	}
 
-	config->validate();
-
 	return config;
 }