diff --git a/actions/assembler-config-validate/action.yml b/actions/assembler-config-validate/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index deeed952f..000000000
--- a/actions/assembler-config-validate/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Documentation Assembler Configuration Validator'
-description: 'Ensures the assembler configuration is valid'
-
-branding:
-  icon: 'filter'
-  color: 'blue'
-
-runs:
-  using: 'docker'
-  image: "docker://ghcr.io/elastic/docs-assembler:edge"
-  env:
-    INPUT_COMMAND: "content-source validate"
diff --git a/docs-builder.sln b/docs-builder.sln
index 9bce0329e..b8551d36c 100644
--- a/docs-builder.sln
+++ b/docs-builder.sln
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "assembler-match", "assemble
 		actions\assembler-match\action.yml = actions\assembler-match\action.yml
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "assembler-config-validate", "assembler-config-validate", "{E20FEEF9-1D1A-4CDA-A546-7FDC573BE399}"
-	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
-		actions\assembler-config-validate\action.yml = actions\assembler-config-validate\action.yml
-	EndProjectSection
-EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Elastic.Documentation.LinkIndex", "src\Elastic.Documentation.LinkIndex\Elastic.Documentation.LinkIndex.csproj", "{FD1AC230-798B-4AB9-8CE6-A06264885DBC}"
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Elastic.ApiExplorer", "src\Elastic.ApiExplorer\Elastic.ApiExplorer.csproj", "{C883AC18-7C6A-482E-A9D7-C44DF8633425}"
@@ -307,7 +302,6 @@ Global
 		{059E787F-85C1-43BE-9DD6-CE319E106383} = {BE6011CC-1200-4957-B01F-FCCA10C5CF5A}
 		{7D36DDDA-9E0B-4D2C-8033-5D62FF8B6166} = {059E787F-85C1-43BE-9DD6-CE319E106383}
 		{FB1C1954-D8E2-4745-BA62-04DD82FB4792} = {245023D2-D3CA-47B9-831D-DAB91A2FFDC7}
-		{E20FEEF9-1D1A-4CDA-A546-7FDC573BE399} = {245023D2-D3CA-47B9-831D-DAB91A2FFDC7}
 		{FD1AC230-798B-4AB9-8CE6-A06264885DBC} = {BE6011CC-1200-4957-B01F-FCCA10C5CF5A}
 		{C883AC18-7C6A-482E-A9D7-C44DF8633425} = {BE6011CC-1200-4957-B01F-FCCA10C5CF5A}
 		{0331559E-4ED1-4A56-9C35-3EAD4D7E696D} = {67B576EE-02FA-4F9B-94BC-3630BC09ECE5}