diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicator.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicator.java
index 48e42d7bd4..6805f66045 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicator.java
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ public PubSubHealthIndicator(
     this.acknowledgeMessages = acknowledgeMessages;
   }
 
-  void validateHealthCheck() {
-    doHealthCheck(() -> {}, this::validationFailed, this::validationFailed);
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void doHealthCheck(Health.Builder builder) {
     doHealthCheck(builder::up, builder::down, e -> builder.withException(e).unknown());
@@ -144,10 +140,6 @@ private boolean isHealthyResponseForUnspecifiedSubscription(ExecutionException e
     return false;
   }
 
-  private void validationFailed(Throwable e) {
-    throw new BeanInitializationException("Validation of health indicator failed", e);
-  }
-
   boolean isSpecifiedSubscription() {
     return specifiedSubscription;
   }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
index b5a588d9e6..c7fc2ad76e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ protected PubSubHealthIndicator createIndicator(PubSubTemplate pubSubTemplate) {
             this.pubSubHealthProperties.getSubscription(),
             this.pubSubHealthProperties.getTimeoutMillis(),
             this.pubSubHealthProperties.isAcknowledgeMessages());
-    indicator.validateHealthCheck();
     return indicator;
   }
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 85b6fc29f6..289edc43ff 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ class PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfigurationTests {
   @Test
   void healthIndicatorPresent_defaults() throws Exception {
     PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-
-    when(future.get(anyLong(), any())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
 
     this.baseContextRunner
         .withBean("pubSubTemplate", PubSubTemplate.class, () -> mockPubSubTemplate)
@@ -86,19 +82,13 @@ void healthIndicatorPresent_defaults() throws Exception {
               assertThat(healthIndicator.getTimeoutMillis()).isEqualTo(2000);
               assertThat(healthIndicator.isAcknowledgeMessages()).isFalse();
               assertThat(healthIndicator.isSpecifiedSubscription()).isFalse();
-              verify(mockPubSubTemplate).pullAsync(healthIndicator.getSubscription(), 1, true);
-              verify(future).get(healthIndicator.getTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             });
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Test
-  void healthIndicatorPresent_customConfig() throws Exception {
+  void healthIndicatorPresent_customConfig() {
     PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-
-    when(future.get(anyLong(), any())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
 
     this.baseContextRunner
         .withBean("pubSubTemplate", PubSubTemplate.class, () -> mockPubSubTemplate)
@@ -115,8 +105,6 @@ void healthIndicatorPresent_customConfig() throws Exception {
               assertThat(healthIndicator.getTimeoutMillis()).isEqualTo(1500);
               assertThat(healthIndicator.isAcknowledgeMessages()).isTrue();
               assertThat(healthIndicator.isSpecifiedSubscription()).isTrue();
-              verify(mockPubSubTemplate).pullAsync(healthIndicator.getSubscription(), 1, true);
-              verify(future).get(healthIndicator.getTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             });
   }
 
@@ -153,96 +141,6 @@ void compositeHealthIndicatorPresentMultiplePubSubTemplate() throws Exception {
             });
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  @Test
-  void apiExceptionWhenValidating_userSubscriptionSpecified_healthAutoConfigurationFails()
-      throws Exception {
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties properties = new PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties();
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration p =
-        new PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration(properties);
-    properties.setSubscription("test");
-
-    PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-    Exception e =
-        new ApiException(
-            new IllegalStateException("Illegal State"),
-            GrpcStatusCode.of(io.grpc.Status.Code.NOT_FOUND),
-            false);
-
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
-    doThrow(new ExecutionException(e)).when(future).get(anyLong(), any());
-
-    Map<String, PubSubTemplate> pubSubTemplates =
-        Collections.singletonMap("pubSubTemplate", mockPubSubTemplate);
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> p.pubSubHealthContributor(pubSubTemplates))
-        .isInstanceOf(BeanInitializationException.class);
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  @Test
-  void apiExceptionWhenValidating_userSubscriptionNotSpecified_healthAutoConfigurationSucceeds()
-      throws Exception {
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties properties = new PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties();
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration p =
-        new PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration(properties);
-
-    PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-    Exception e =
-        new ApiException(
-            new IllegalStateException("Illegal State"),
-            GrpcStatusCode.of(io.grpc.Status.Code.NOT_FOUND),
-            false);
-
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
-    doThrow(new ExecutionException(e)).when(future).get(anyLong(), any());
-
-    Map<String, PubSubTemplate> pubSubTemplates =
-        Collections.singletonMap("pubSubTemplate", mockPubSubTemplate);
-    assertThatCode(() -> p.pubSubHealthContributor(pubSubTemplates)).doesNotThrowAnyException();
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  @Test
-  void runtimeExceptionWhenValidating_healthAutoConfigurationFails() throws Exception {
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties properties = new PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties();
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration p =
-        new PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration(properties);
-
-    PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-    Exception e = new RuntimeException("Runtime exception");
-
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
-    doThrow(e).when(future).get(anyLong(), any());
-
-    Map<String, PubSubTemplate> pubSubTemplates =
-        Collections.singletonMap("pubSubTemplate", mockPubSubTemplate);
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> p.pubSubHealthContributor(pubSubTemplates))
-        .isInstanceOf(BeanInitializationException.class);
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  @Test
-  void interruptedExceptionWhenValidating_healthAutoConfigurationFails() throws Exception {
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties properties = new PubSubHealthIndicatorProperties();
-    PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration p =
-        new PubSubHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration(properties);
-
-    PubSubTemplate mockPubSubTemplate = mock(PubSubTemplate.class);
-    ListenableFuture<List<AcknowledgeablePubsubMessage>> future = mock(ListenableFuture.class);
-    InterruptedException e = new InterruptedException("interrupted");
-
-    when(mockPubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
-    doThrow(e).when(future).get(anyLong(), any());
-
-    Map<String, PubSubTemplate> pubSubTemplates =
-        Collections.singletonMap("pubSubTemplate", mockPubSubTemplate);
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> p.pubSubHealthContributor(pubSubTemplates))
-        .isInstanceOf(BeanInitializationException.class);
-  }
-
   @Test
   void healthCheckConfigurationBacksOffWhenHealthIndicatorBeanPresent() {
     PubSubHealthIndicator userHealthIndicator = mock(PubSubHealthIndicator.class);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorTests.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorTests.java
index 9459d4c92a..2ace28f1df 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/pubsub/health/PubSubHealthIndicatorTests.java
@@ -157,14 +157,4 @@ void customSubscription_RuntimeException() throws Exception {
     testHealth(e, "testSubscription", Status.DOWN);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  void validateHealth() throws Exception {
-    doThrow(new RuntimeException()).when(future).get(anyLong(), any());
-    when(pubSubTemplate.pullAsync(anyString(), anyInt(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(future);
-
-    PubSubHealthIndicator healthIndicator =
-        new PubSubHealthIndicator(pubSubTemplate, "test", 1000, true);
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> healthIndicator.validateHealthCheck())
-        .isInstanceOf(BeanInitializationException.class);
-  }
 }