diff --git a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/jobspec/parse.go b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/jobspec/parse.go
index 26ede1faf..1b603fd44 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/jobspec/parse.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/jobspec/parse.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/hcl/ast"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
@@ -538,22 +537,6 @@ func parseTasks(jobName string, taskGroupName string, result *[]*structs.Task, l
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-
-			// Instantiate a driver to validate the configuration
-			d, err := driver.NewDriver(
-				t.Driver,
-				driver.NewEmptyDriverContext(),
-			)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				return multierror.Prefix(err,
-					fmt.Sprintf("'%s', config ->", n))
-			}
-
-			if err := d.Validate(t.Config); err != nil {
-				return multierror.Prefix(err,
-					fmt.Sprintf("'%s', config ->", n))
-			}
 		}
 
 		// Parse constraints