diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.js
index 5ed9b0e5d..db90ed2cc 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.js
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ class AwsPackage {
        * Outer lifecycle hooks
        */
       'package:cleanup': () =>
-        BbPromise.bind(this)
-          .then(() => this.serverless.pluginManager.spawn('aws:common:validate'))
-          .then(() => this.serverless.pluginManager.spawn('aws:common:cleanupTempDir')),
+        BbPromise.bind(this).then(() =>
+          this.serverless.pluginManager.spawn('aws:common:cleanupTempDir')
+        ),
 
       'package:initialize': () => BbPromise.bind(this).then(this.generateCoreTemplate),
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.test.js
index fdfa003e3..ee810f5e9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/index.test.js
@@ -109,16 +109,12 @@ describe('AwsPackage', () => {
     });
 
     it('should run "package:cleanup" hook', () => {
-      const spawnAwsCommonValidateStub = spawnStub.withArgs('aws:common:validate').resolves();
       const spawnAwsCommonCleanupTempDirStub = spawnStub
         .withArgs('aws:common:cleanupTempDir')
         .resolves();
 
       return awsPackage.hooks['package:cleanup']().then(() => {
-        expect(spawnAwsCommonValidateStub.calledOnce).to.equal(true);
-        expect(spawnAwsCommonCleanupTempDirStub.calledAfter(spawnAwsCommonValidateStub)).to.equal(
-          true
-        );
+        expect(spawnAwsCommonCleanupTempDirStub.calledOnce).to.equal(true);
       });
     });