diff --git a/src/register/data/utils.js b/src/register/data/utils.js
index 810360877d..ca060512be 100644
--- a/src/register/data/utils.js
+++ b/src/register/data/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { snakeCaseObject } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { getConfig, snakeCaseObject } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
 
 import { LETTER_REGEX, NUMBER_REGEX } from '../../data/constants';
 import messages from '../messages';
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ export const isFormValid = (
     }
   });
 
-  if (!configurableFormFields?.country?.displayValue) {
-    fieldErrors.country = formatMessage(messages['empty.country.field.error']);
-    isValid = false;
+  if (getConfig().SHOW_CONFIGURABLE_EDX_FIELDS) {
+    if (!configurableFormFields?.country?.displayValue) {
+      fieldErrors.country = formatMessage(messages['empty.country.field.error']);
+      isValid = false;
+    }
   }
-
   Object.keys(fieldDescriptions).forEach(key => {
     if (key === 'country' && !configurableFormFields.country.displayValue) {
       fieldErrors[key] = formatMessage(messages['empty.country.field.error']);