diff --git a/ozone-distro-parent/pom.xml b/ozone-distro-parent/pom.xml
index e834b1a..d61a9a7 100644
--- a/ozone-distro-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/ozone-distro-parent/pom.xml
@@ -187,39 +187,4 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>validator</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>env.CI</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-
-          <!-- hooking the OpenMRS config validation to the integration-test phase -->
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.openmrs.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openmrs-packager-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>Validate OpenMRS configuration</id>
-                <phase>integration-test</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>validate-configurations</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <sourceDir>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/distro/configs/openmrs/initializer_config</sourceDir>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>