diff --git a/lib/validation.sh b/lib/validation.sh
index 963ab7db..03ccb310 100755
--- a/lib/validation.sh
+++ b/lib/validation.sh
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
   VALIDATE_EDITORCONFIG=$(echo "$VALIDATE_EDITORCONFIG" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
   VALIDATE_HTML=$(echo "$VALIDATE_HTML" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 
-  #############################
-  # Editorconfig special case #
-  #############################
-  LINTER_RULES_PATH="${LINTER_RULES_PATH:-.github/linters}"               # Linter Path Directory
-  EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME='.editorconfig'
-
   ################################################
   # Determine if any linters were explicitly set #
   ################################################
@@ -491,8 +485,8 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
     fi
   else
     # No linter flags were set
-    # special case cehcking for .editorconfig
-    if [ -f "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$LINTER_RULES_PATH/$EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME" ]; then
+    # special case checking for .editorconfig
+    if [ -f "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.editorconfig" ]; then
       VALIDATE_EDITORCONFIG="true"
     fi
   fi