diff --git a/src/schema/provenance_schema.yaml b/src/schema/provenance_schema.yaml
index 70a2b4a8..3a0a1811 100644
--- a/src/schema/provenance_schema.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/provenance_schema.yaml
@@ -469,25 +469,13 @@ ENTITIES:
         type: json_string
         indexed: true
         description: "Metadata associated with the ingested experimental data."
-        before_property_create_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
-        before_property_update_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
       files:
         type: list
         indexed: true
-        before_property_create_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
-        before_property_update_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
         description: "A list of files associated with the dataset." 
       calculated_metadata:
         type: json_string
         indexed: true
-        before_property_create_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
-        before_property_update_validators:
-          - validate_application_header_before_property_update
         description: "Calculated metadata outputted from the processing pipeline." 
       local_directory_rel_path:
         # Example: protected/<TMC>/<uuid>