diff --git a/pkg/cmd/flags/config.go b/pkg/cmd/flags/config.go
index 7d37af6a..c12c5795 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/flags/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/flags/config.go
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ type Registry struct {
 }
 
 type Pull struct {
-	ID int `name:"github pull request ID" flag:"gh-pull-id" desc:"set the GitHub pull request ID" validate:"required_if=Reporter github-pr-review" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-pull-id"`
+	ID int `name:"github pull request ID" flag:"gh-pull-id" desc:"set the GitHub pull request ID" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-pull-id"`
 }
 
 type GitHub struct {
-	Owner string `name:"github owner" flag:"gh-owner" desc:"set the GitHub owner name (org|user)" validate:"required_if=Reporter github-pr-review" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-owner"`
-	Repo  string `name:"github repository" flag:"gh-repo" desc:"set the GitHub repository name" validate:"required_if=Reporter github-pr-review" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-repo"`
+	Owner string `name:"github owner" flag:"gh-owner" desc:"set the GitHub owner name (org|user)" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-owner"`
+	Repo  string `name:"github repository" flag:"gh-repo" desc:"set the GitHub repository name" flagset:"Reporting" json:"gh-repo"`
 	Pull
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/validate/reporter.go b/pkg/validate/reporter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 232c14ff..00000000
--- a/pkg/validate/reporter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-// Copyright © 2023 The listen.dev team <engineering@garnet.ai>
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-package validate
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-
-	"github.com/XANi/goneric"
-	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
-)
-
-var availableReporters = []string{}
-
-func RegisterAvailableReporter(name string) {
-	availableReporters = append(availableReporters, name)
-}
-
-func isReporterAvailable(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
-	field := fl.Field()
-
-	if field.Kind() == reflect.String {
-		return goneric.SliceIn(availableReporters, field.String())
-	}
-
-	panic(fmt.Sprintf("bad field type: %T", field.Interface()))
-}
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate.go b/pkg/validate/validate.go
index 5758953d..3d860f19 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate.go
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ func init() {
 	if err := Singleton.RegisterValidation("version_constraint", isVersionConstraint); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	if err := Singleton.RegisterValidation("reporter", isReporterAvailable); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
 
 	Singleton.RegisterAlias("shasum", "len=40")
 	Singleton.RegisterAlias("mandatory", "required")