diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/run_tests.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/run_tests.sh
index 0add8ea37..12b88c1bb 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/run_tests.sh
@@ -105,27 +105,6 @@ else
         -P cmake/run-all-tests-parallel.cmake || TEST_OUTCOME=$?
 fi
 
-# --- PyTorch allowlist validation ---
-# When triggered from the PyTorch edge pipeline, run the Python-based
-# allowlist validation which traces live HuggingFace models with the
-# new PyTorch version and verifies every op is in ALLOWED_OPERATIONS.
-VALIDATION_OUTCOME=0
-if [[ "${GITHUB_PR_COMMENT_VAR_ACTION:-}" == "run_pytorch_tests" ]]; then
-    echo "--- Validating PyTorch allowlist against HuggingFace models"
-    cmake \
-        -DSOURCE_DIR="$(pwd)" \
-        -DVALIDATE_CONFIG="$(pwd)/dev-tools/extract_model_ops/validation_models.json" \
-        -DVALIDATE_PT_DIR="$(pwd)/dev-tools/extract_model_ops/es_it_models" \
-        -DVALIDATE_VERBOSE=TRUE \
-        -P cmake/run-validation.cmake || VALIDATION_OUTCOME=$?
-
-    if [[ $VALIDATION_OUTCOME -ne 0 ]]; then
-        echo "^^^ +++"
-        echo "Allowlist validation failed — the new PyTorch version may introduce ops not in ALLOWED_OPERATIONS."
-        echo "See dev-tools/extract_model_ops/README.md for how to update the allowlist."
-    fi
-fi
-
 # Upload test results
 echo "--- Uploading test results"
 TEST_RESULTS_ARCHIVE=${OS}-${HARDWARE_ARCH}-unit_test_results.tgz
@@ -138,6 +117,4 @@ else
     echo "No test results archive created"
 fi
 
-if [[ $TEST_OUTCOME -ne 0 || $VALIDATION_OUTCOME -ne 0 ]]; then
-    exit 1
-fi
+exit $TEST_OUTCOME