diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index fff05852..3835913b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ AGENT_REGISTRY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost:5432/agentregistry?sslmode=disa
 # Set automatically during build, can be overridden for development
 AGENT_REGISTRY_VERSION=dev
 
-# Registry Validation
-# Enable validation of registry package references
-AGENT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_REGISTRY_VALIDATION=false
-
 # MCP Registry v0.1 Compatibility (read-only)
 # Re-exposes MCPServer resources in the official server.json shape at
 # /v0.1/servers so registry-aware clients (e.g. VS Code's MCP gallery) can
diff --git a/charts/agentregistry/README.md b/charts/agentregistry/README.md
index 1eb17394..78c398ca 100644
--- a/charts/agentregistry/README.md
+++ b/charts/agentregistry/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ This creates a `Role`/`RoleBinding` in each listed namespace (plus the installat
 | commonAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to add to all deployed resources |
 | commonLabels | object | `{}` | Labels to add to all deployed resources |
 | config.agentRegistryMcpPort | string | `"31313"` | Agent Registry MCP server port |
-| config.enableRegistryValidation | string | `"false"` | Enable input validation on the registry API |
 | config.serverAddress | string | `":8080"` | Listen address for the HTTP server |
 | containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Allow privilege escalation |
 | containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop | list | `["ALL"]` | Linux capabilities to drop |
diff --git a/charts/agentregistry/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/agentregistry/templates/configmap.yaml
index 70e00037..be46a3c6 100644
--- a/charts/agentregistry/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/agentregistry/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ metadata:
 data:
   AGENT_REGISTRY_SERVER_ADDRESS: {{ .Values.config.serverAddress | quote }}
   AGENT_REGISTRY_MCP_PORT: {{ .Values.config.agentRegistryMcpPort | quote }}
-  AGENT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_REGISTRY_VALIDATION: {{ .Values.config.enableRegistryValidation | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/agentregistry/tests/configmap_test.yaml b/charts/agentregistry/tests/configmap_test.yaml
index 45f3f8b6..acd27055 100644
--- a/charts/agentregistry/tests/configmap_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/agentregistry/tests/configmap_test.yaml
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ tests:
           path: data.AGENT_REGISTRY_MCP_PORT
           value: "31313"
 
-  - it: sets AGENT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_REGISTRY_VALIDATION
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: data.AGENT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_REGISTRY_VALIDATION
-          value: "false"
-
   - it: overrides serverAddress
     set:
       config.serverAddress: ":9090"
diff --git a/charts/agentregistry/values.yaml b/charts/agentregistry/values.yaml
index ad022349..58ad4799 100644
--- a/charts/agentregistry/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/agentregistry/values.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ config:
   serverAddress: ":8080"
   # -- Agent Registry MCP server port
   agentRegistryMcpPort: "31313"
-  # -- Enable input validation on the registry API
-  enableRegistryValidation: "false"
 
 # @section Deployment parameters
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 3896c8c6..ddb38165 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       AGENT_REGISTRY_DATABASE_URL: "postgres://agentregistry:agentregistry@postgres:5432/agentregistry?sslmode=disable"
       AGENT_REGISTRY_SERVER_ADDRESS: ":8080"
-      # Temporarily only for local development.
-      AGENT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_REGISTRY_VALIDATION: "false"
       AGENT_REGISTRY_MCP_PORT: "31313"
       KUBECONFIG: "/root/.kube/config"
     ports: