diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 3ecbd27fc..563eb95e8 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.63 -  
 ================================
+  Remove vg_validate call when parsing cached metadata.
   Use hash table of LVs to speed up parsing of text metadata with many LVs.
   Fix two messages, add a whitespace and parentheses
   When dmeventd is not forking because of -d flag, don't kill the parent process
diff --git a/lib/cache/lvmcache.c b/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
index 0ce034a79..9caa216bf 100644
--- a/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
+++ b/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
@@ -610,8 +610,7 @@ struct volume_group *lvmcache_get_vg(const char *vgid, unsigned precommitted)
 						      vgid, NULL)))
 		return_NULL;
 
-	if (!(vg = import_vg_from_buffer(vginfo->vgmetadata, fid)) ||
-	    !vg_validate(vg)) {
+	if (!(vg = import_vg_from_buffer(vginfo->vgmetadata, fid))) {
 		_free_cached_vgmetadata(vginfo);
 		vg_release(vg);
 		return_NULL;