diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 276ff267e1a..44307be22cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ env:
     PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY: openssl
     ROBOTTELO_BUGZILLA__API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BUGZILLA_KEY }}
     ROBOTTELO_JIRA__API_KEY: ${{ secrets.JIRA_KEY }}
+    ROBOTTELO_ROBOTTELO__SETTINGS__SKIP_VALIDATION: true
 
 jobs:
   codechecks:
diff --git a/conf/certs.yaml.template b/conf/certs.yaml.template
deleted file mode 100644
index e2b86d6d7bd..00000000000
--- a/conf/certs.yaml.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-CERTS:
-  CERT_FILE: "~/certs/server.crt"
-  KEY_FILE: "~/certs/server.key"
-  REQ_FILE: "~/certs/server.csr"
-  # CA cert (a.k.a cacert.crt or rootCA.pem) can be used as bundle file.
-  CA_BUNDLE_FILE: "~/certs/rootCA.pem"
diff --git a/conf/clients.yaml.template b/conf/clients.yaml.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 710a09bb68d..00000000000
--- a/conf/clients.yaml.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-CLIENTS:
-  # Provisioning server hostname where the clients will be created
-  PROVISIONING_SERVER:
-  # Path on the provisioning server where the virtual images will be stored, default "/var/lib/libvirt/images/"
-  IMAGE_DIR:
diff --git a/conf/discovery.yaml.template b/conf/discovery.yaml.template
deleted file mode 100644
index a24040aff06..00000000000
--- a/conf/discovery.yaml.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-DISCOVERY:
-  SATELLITE_VERSION_SHORT: "@jinja {{this.robottelo.satellite_version | replace('.', '')}}"
-  DISCOVERY_ISO: "discovery_image_sat{this[discovery].satellite_version_short}.iso"
diff --git a/conf/distro.yaml.template b/conf/distro.yaml.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 061374b4565..00000000000
--- a/conf/distro.yaml.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-DISTRO:
-  IMAGE_EL6: rhel610
-  IMAGE_EL7: rhel79-20200908.1
-  IMAGE_EL8: rhel820-20200423.0
-  IMAGE_SLES11: sles-11-4
-  IMAGE_SLES12: sles-12-3
diff --git a/conf/robottelo.yaml.template b/conf/robottelo.yaml.template
index 7bf111cdc65..689c1f34fff 100644
--- a/conf/robottelo.yaml.template
+++ b/conf/robottelo.yaml.template
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ ROBOTTELO:
   # Dynaconf and Dynaconf hooks related options
   SETTINGS:
     GET_FRESH: true
+    SKIP_VALIDATION: false
diff --git a/robottelo/config/__init__.py b/robottelo/config/__init__.py
index d761dd06e91..8c18a4550b6 100644
--- a/robottelo/config/__init__.py
+++ b/robottelo/config/__init__.py
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ def get_settings():
         try:
             settings.validators.validate()
         except ValidationError as err:
-            logger.warning(
-                f'Dynaconf validation failed, continuing for the sake of unit tests\n{err}'
-            )
-
+            if settings.robottelo.settings.get('skip_validation'):
+                logger.warning(
+                    f'Dynaconf validation failed, continuing for the sake of unit tests\n{err}'
+                )
+            else:
+                raise err
         return settings
 
 
diff --git a/robottelo/config/validators.py b/robottelo/config/validators.py
index 2ae4c42ac04..12200c3644d 100644
--- a/robottelo/config/validators.py
+++ b/robottelo/config/validators.py
@@ -85,16 +85,6 @@
         Validator('capsule.deploy_workflows.os', must_exist=True),
         Validator('capsule.deploy_arguments', must_exist=True, is_type_of=dict, default={}),
     ],
-    certs=[
-        Validator(
-            'certs.cert_file',
-            'certs.key_file',
-            'certs.req_file',
-            'certs.ca_bundle_file',
-            must_exist=True,
-        )
-    ],
-    clients=[Validator('clients.provisioning_server')],
     libvirt=[
         Validator('libvirt.libvirt_hostname', must_exist=True),
         Validator('libvirt.libvirt_image_dir', default='/var/lib/libvirt/images'),
@@ -116,17 +106,6 @@
             must_exist=True,
         ),
     ],
-    discovery=[Validator('discovery.discovery_iso', must_exist=True)],
-    distro=[
-        Validator(
-            'distro.image_el7',
-            'distro.image_el6',
-            'distro.image_el8',
-            'distro.image_sles11',
-            'distro.image_sles12',
-            must_exist=True,
-        )
-    ],
     docker=[
         Validator(
             'docker.external_registry_1',
@@ -335,6 +314,9 @@
         Validator('remotedb.ssl', default=True),
         Validator('remotedb.port', default=5432),
     ],
+    robottelo=[
+        Validator('robottelo.settings.skip_validation', is_type_of=bool, default=False),
+    ],
     shared_function=[
         Validator('shared_function.storage', is_in=('file', 'redis'), default='file'),
         Validator('shared_function.share_timeout', lte=86400, default=86400),
diff --git a/tests/foreman/api/test_capsulecontent.py b/tests/foreman/api/test_capsulecontent.py
index 562105856c6..64ef2e2d614 100644
--- a/tests/foreman/api/test_capsulecontent.py
+++ b/tests/foreman/api/test_capsulecontent.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestCapsuleContentManagement:
     """
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_uploaded_content_library_sync(
         self,
         module_capsule_configured,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def test_positive_uploaded_content_library_sync(
         assert caps_files[0] == RPM_TO_UPLOAD
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_checksum_sync(
         self, module_capsule_configured, function_org, function_product, function_lce, target_sat
     ):
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def test_positive_sync_updated_repo(
 
     @pytest.mark.e2e
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_capsule_sync(
         self,
         target_sat,
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ def test_positive_capsule_sync(
         assert sat_files == caps_files
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule')
     def test_positive_iso_library_sync(
         self, module_capsule_configured, module_sca_manifest_org, module_target_sat
     ):
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def test_positive_iso_library_sync(
         assert set(sat_isos) == set(caps_isos)
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_on_demand_sync(
         self,
         target_sat,
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def test_positive_on_demand_sync(
         assert package_md5 == published_package_md5
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_update_with_immediate_sync(
         self,
         target_sat,
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ def test_positive_update_with_immediate_sync(
 
     @pytest.mark.skip_if_open("BZ:2122780")
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients', 'fake_manifest')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'fake_manifest')
     def test_positive_capsule_pub_url_accessible(self, module_capsule_configured):
         """Ensure capsule pub url is accessible
 
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ def test_positive_capsule_pub_url_accessible(self, module_capsule_configured):
 
     @pytest.mark.e2e
     @pytest.mark.tier4
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule')
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('distro', ['rhel7', 'rhel8_bos', 'rhel9_bos'])
     def test_positive_sync_kickstart_repo(
         self, target_sat, module_capsule_configured, function_sca_manifest_org, distro
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ def test_positive_sync_kickstart_repo(
 
     @pytest.mark.tier4
     @pytest.mark.e2e
-    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule', 'clients')
+    @pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('capsule')
     def test_positive_sync_container_repo_end_to_end(
         self,
         target_sat,
diff --git a/tests/foreman/cli/test_activationkey.py b/tests/foreman/cli/test_activationkey.py
index 92708960bc5..46743b1a33a 100644
--- a/tests/foreman/cli/test_activationkey.py
+++ b/tests/foreman/cli/test_activationkey.py
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ def test_negative_update_usage_limit(module_org, module_target_sat):
     assert 'Validation failed: Max hosts must be less than 2147483648' in raise_ctx.value.message
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.upgrade
 def test_positive_usage_limit(module_org, module_location, target_sat):
@@ -871,7 +870,6 @@ def test_positive_delete_subscription(function_entitlement_manifest_org, module_
     assert subscription_result[-1]['name'] not in ak_subs_info
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.upgrade
 def test_positive_update_aks_to_chost(module_org, module_location, rhel7_contenthost, target_sat):
@@ -912,7 +910,6 @@ def test_positive_update_aks_to_chost(module_org, module_location, rhel7_content
         assert rhel7_contenthost.subscribed
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.stubbed
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_positive_update_aks_to_chost_in_one_command(module_org):
@@ -1601,7 +1598,6 @@ def test_positive_view_subscriptions_by_non_admin_user(
     assert subscriptions[0]['id'] == subscription_id
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_positive_subscription_quantity_attached(function_org, rhel7_contenthost, target_sat):
     """Check the Quantity and Attached fields of 'hammer activation-key subscriptions'
@@ -1659,7 +1655,6 @@ def test_positive_subscription_quantity_attached(function_org, rhel7_contenthost
         assert regex.match(ak_sub['attached'])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_positive_ak_with_custom_product_on_rhel6(
     module_org, module_location, rhel6_contenthost, target_sat
diff --git a/tests/foreman/ui/test_activationkey.py b/tests/foreman/ui/test_activationkey.py
index 067921eda38..f3f87ae8e81 100644
--- a/tests/foreman/ui/test_activationkey.py
+++ b/tests/foreman/ui/test_activationkey.py
@@ -818,7 +818,6 @@ def test_positive_add_docker_repo_ccv(session, module_org, module_target_sat):
         assert ak['details']['lce'][lce.name][lce.name]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_positive_add_host(session, module_org, rhel_contenthost, target_sat):
     """Test that hosts can be associated to Activation Keys
@@ -851,7 +850,6 @@ def test_positive_add_host(session, module_org, rhel_contenthost, target_sat):
         assert ak['content_hosts']['table'][0]['Name'] == rhel_contenthost.hostname
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_positive_delete_with_system(session, rhel_contenthost, target_sat):
     """Delete an Activation key which has registered systems
@@ -891,7 +889,6 @@ def test_positive_delete_with_system(session, rhel_contenthost, target_sat):
         assert session.activationkey.search(name)[0]['Name'] != name
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 def test_negative_usage_limit(session, module_org, target_sat):
     """Test that Usage limit actually limits usage
@@ -926,7 +923,6 @@ def test_negative_usage_limit(session, module_org, target_sat):
         assert f'Max Hosts ({hosts_limit}) reached for activation key' in str(result.stderr)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.upgrade
 @pytest.mark.skipif((not settings.robottelo.repos_hosting_url), reason='Missing repos_hosting_url')
@@ -984,7 +980,6 @@ def test_positive_add_multiple_aks_to_system(session, module_org, rhel_contentho
             assert ak['content_hosts']['table'][0]['Name'] == rhel_contenthost.hostname
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.upgrade
 @pytest.mark.skipif((not settings.robottelo.REPOS_HOSTING_URL), reason='Missing repos_hosting_url')
@@ -1031,7 +1026,6 @@ def test_positive_host_associations(session, target_sat):
             assert ak2['content_hosts']['table'][0]['Name'] == vm2.hostname
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.skipif((not settings.robottelo.repos_hosting_url), reason='Missing repos_hosting_url')
 def test_positive_service_level_subscription_with_custom_product(
@@ -1142,7 +1136,6 @@ def test_positive_delete_manifest(session, function_entitlement_manifest_org, ta
 
 
 @pytest.mark.rhel_ver_list([6])
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.skipif((not settings.robottelo.repos_hosting_url), reason='Missing repos_hosting_url')
 def test_positive_ak_with_custom_product_on_rhel6(rhel_contenthost, target_sat):
diff --git a/tests/foreman/ui/test_contenthost.py b/tests/foreman/ui/test_contenthost.py
index a386cc18995..d1cd3c41a2c 100644
--- a/tests/foreman/ui/test_contenthost.py
+++ b/tests/foreman/ui/test_contenthost.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from robottelo.exceptions import CLIFactoryError
 from robottelo.utils.virtwho import create_fake_hypervisor_content
 
-if not setting_is_set('clients') or not setting_is_set('fake_manifest'):
+if not setting_is_set('fake_manifest'):
     pytest.skip('skipping tests due to missing settings', allow_module_level=True)
 
 
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ def test_module_stream_update_from_satellite(session, default_location, vm_modul
         )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ def test_syspurpose_attributes_empty(session, default_location, vm_module_stream
             assert details[spname] == ''
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ def test_set_syspurpose_attributes_cli(session, default_location, vm_module_stre
             assert details[spname] == spdata[1]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ def test_unset_syspurpose_attributes_cli(session, default_location, vm_module_st
             assert details[spname] == ''
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ def test_syspurpose_matched(session, default_location, vm_module_streams):
         assert details['system_purpose_status'] == 'Matched'
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ def test_syspurpose_bulk_action(session, default_location, vm):
             assert val in result.stdout
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients', 'fake_manifest')
+@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('fake_manifest')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'module_repos_collection_with_manifest',
diff --git a/tests/foreman/ui/test_dashboard.py b/tests/foreman/ui/test_dashboard.py
index 071e44cc4d7..d3f3439981f 100644
--- a/tests/foreman/ui/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/foreman/ui/test_dashboard.py
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ def test_positive_task_status(session, target_sat):
 @pytest.mark.upgrade
 @pytest.mark.no_containers
 @pytest.mark.run_in_one_thread
-@pytest.mark.skip_if_not_set('clients')
 @pytest.mark.tier3
 @pytest.mark.rhel_ver_match('8')
 @pytest.mark.skipif((not settings.robottelo.repos_hosting_url), reason='Missing repos_hosting_url')