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/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..9f88f98f135 100644
--- a/robottelo/config/validators.py
+++ b/robottelo/config/validators.py
@@ -85,15 +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),
@@ -335,6 +326,9 @@
         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),