diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
index 11e293fb..7e62de29 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
@@ -1564,11 +1564,6 @@ MVKImageView::MVKImageView(MVKDevice* device,
 		}
 	}
 
-    // Validate whether the image view configuration can be supported
-	if ( !_image->getIsValidViewFormat(pCreateInfo->format) ) {
-		setConfigurationResult(reportError(VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED, "vkCreateImageView(): The format is not in the list of allowed view formats declared in the VkImageFormatListCreateInfo provided in vkCreateImage()."));
-	}
-
 	VkImageType imgType = _image->getImageType();
 	VkImageViewType viewType = pCreateInfo->viewType;
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a546e3cc..ec547490 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -349,6 +349,18 @@ encumbrances. In submitting code to this repository, you are agreeing that the c
 Property claims.  
 
 
+### *Vulkan* Validation
+
+Despite running on top of *Metal*, **MoltenVK** operates as a *Vulkan* core layer. As such, as per the 
+error handling guidelines of the [*Vulkan* specification](https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/vkspec.html#fundamentals-errors), **MoltenVK** should not perform *Vulkan* validation. When adding functionality 
+to **MoltenVK**, avoid adding unnecessary validation code.
+
+Validation and error generation **_is_** appropriate within **MoltenVK** in cases where **MoltenVK** deviates 
+from behavior defined by the *Vulkan* specification. This most commonly occurs when required behavior cannot 
+be mapped to functionality available within *Metal*. In that situation, it is important to provide feedback to
+the application developer to that effect, by performing the necessary validation, and reporting an error.
+
+
 ### Memory Management
 
 *Metal*, and other *Objective-C* objects in *Apple's SDK* frameworks, use reference counting for memory management.