diff --git a/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py b/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
index fd4865a7..6e0c2999 100644
--- a/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -155,26 +155,6 @@ class TestUtils(TestCase):
         output = {'foo': {'parameters': {'foo': 'bar'}}}
         self.assertEqual(result, output)
 
-    @mock.patch('yaml.safe_load', return_value=fakes.FAKE_PLAYBOOK2)
-    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
-    def test_get_validations_parameters_yaml(self, mock_open, mock_load):
-
-        result = utils.get_validations_parameters(
-            validations_data=['/foo/playbook/foo.yaml'],
-            validation_name='foo',
-            format='yaml')
-        output = {'foo': {'parameters': {'foo': 'bar'}}}
-        self.assertEqual(result, output)
-
-    @mock.patch('yaml.safe_load', return_value=fakes.FAKE_PLAYBOOK2)
-    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
-    def test_get_validations_parameters_wrong_format(self, mock_open,
-                                                     mock_load):
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, utils.get_validations_parameters,
-                          validations_data=['/foo/playbook/foo.yaml'],
-                          validation_name='foo',
-                          format='wrong')
-
     @mock.patch('yaml.safe_load', return_value=fakes.FAKE_PLAYBOOK2)
     @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
     def test_get_validations_parameters_no_val(self, mock_open, mock_load):
diff --git a/validations_libs/utils.py b/validations_libs/utils.py
index add9bdf0..0207b641 100644
--- a/validations_libs/utils.py
+++ b/validations_libs/utils.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def get_validations_data(validation, path=constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR):
 
 
 def get_validations_parameters(validations_data, validation_name=[],
-                               groups=[], format='json'):
+                               groups=[]):
     """
     Return parameters for a list of validations
     The return format can be in json or yaml
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ def get_validations_parameters(validations_data, validation_name=[],
             params[v.id] = {
                 'parameters': v.get_vars
             }
-    if format not in ['json', 'yaml']:
-        msg = 'Invalid output format, {} is not supported'.format(format)
-        raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
     return params
 
diff --git a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
index 264e0d32..f08353f8 100644
--- a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
+++ b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
         validations = v_utils.get_validations_playbook(
             self.validation_path, validation, group)
         params = v_utils.get_validations_parameters(validations, validation,
-                                                    group, format)
+                                                    group)
         if download_file:
             params_only = {}
             with open(download_file, 'w') as f: