diff --git a/config/go.mod b/config/go.mod
index f46d0b8d..0ba3fb21 100644
--- a/config/go.mod
+++ b/config/go.mod
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/chanzuckerberg/go-misc/config/v2
 
-go 1.21.1
+go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1
-	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.19.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
@@ -15,6 +13,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
diff --git a/config/validation.go b/config/validation.go
index 79b1e1d6..8fd613c6 100644
--- a/config/validation.go
+++ b/config/validation.go
@@ -4,74 +4,26 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/go-playground/locales/en"
-	ut "github.com/go-playground/universal-translator"
 	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 )
 
-var (
-	once               sync.Once
-	validate           *validator.Validate
-	translatorMessages map[string](func() string)
-	translator         ut.Translator
-)
-
-func init() {
-	once.Do(func() {
-		validate = validator.New()
-		// err := validate.RegisterValidation("valid_env", ValidateEnvironment)
-		// if err != nil {
-		// 	logrus.Fatal("Failed to register custom validation")
-		// }
-		// err = validate.RegisterValidation("valid_env_dest", ValidateEnvironmentCopyDestination)
-		// if err != nil {
-		// 	logrus.Fatal("Failed to register custom validation")
-		// }
-
-		en := en.New()
-		uni := ut.New(en, en)
-		translator, _ = uni.GetTranslator("en")
+// var (
+// 	once     sync.Once
+// 	validate *validator.Validate
+// )
 
-		translatorMessages = map[string](func() string){
-			// "valid_env": func() string {
-			// 	envs := []string{}
-			// 	for env := range model.EnvironmentMapping {
-			// 		envs = append(envs, env)
-			// 	}
-			// 	return fmt.Sprintf("{0} must be one of %s", envs)
-			// },
-			// "valid_env_dest": func() string {
-			// 	return "Copying configs from source env to destination env as specified is not allowed"
-			// },
-		}
+// func init() {
+// 	once.Do(func() {
+// 		validate = validator.New()
+// 	})
+// }
 
-		for tag, getMessage := range translatorMessages {
-			err := validate.RegisterTranslation(
-				tag,
-				translator,
-				func(ut ut.Translator) error {
-					return ut.Add(tag, getMessage(), true) // see universal-translator for details
-				},
-				// use a function that returns a function here so the tag can be memoized
-				func(violatedTag string) validator.TranslationFunc {
-					return func(ut ut.Translator, fe validator.FieldError) string {
-						t, _ := ut.T(violatedTag, fe.Field())
-						return t
-					}
-				}(tag),
-			)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to register custom validation error translator: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-}
-
-func validateConfiguration[T any](cfg *T) []ValidationError {
+func validateConfiguration[T any](cfg *T) error {
 	var errs []ValidationError
+	// var finalErr error = nil
 
+	validate := validator.New()
 	err := validate.Struct(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		errSlice := &validator.ValidationErrors{}
@@ -86,15 +38,12 @@ func validateConfiguration[T any](cfg *T) []ValidationError {
 			element.Tag = err.Tag()
 			element.Value = err.Param()
 			element.Type = err.Kind().String()
+			element.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Field validation for '%s' failed on the '%s' tag", element.FailedField, element.Tag)
 
-			if _, ok := translatorMessages[element.Tag]; ok {
-				element.Message = err.Translate(translator)
-			} else {
-				element.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Field validation for '%s' failed on the '%s' tag", element.FailedField, element.Tag)
-			}
-
-			errs = append(errs, &element)
+			errs = append(errs, element)
 		}
+		return errSlice
 	}
-	return errs
+
+	return nil
 }