diff --git a/example-zowe.yaml b/example-zowe.yaml
index a1c235e1e1..79aec60b1b 100644
--- a/example-zowe.yaml
+++ b/example-zowe.yaml
@@ -292,22 +292,10 @@ zowe:
   # Where extensions are installed
   extensionDirectory: /global/zowe/extensions
 
-  # **COMMONLY_CUSTOMIZED**
-  useConfigmgr: true
-  # Setting to true will enable:
-  # * schema-backed validation of zowe.yaml
-  # * should greatly improve startup time.
-  # * can supply multiple zowe.yaml as defaults & overrides in the format of
-  #   FILE(/my/customizations.yaml):PARMLIB(MYORG.ZOWE(YAML)):FILE(/zowe/defaults.yaml)
-  # * allows templating in zowe.yaml by putting references within ${{ }} blocks such as
-  #    rewriting the job section below as
-  #    job:
-  #      name: ${{ zowe.job.prefix }}SV
-  #      prefix: ZWE1
   configmgr:
     # STRICT=quit on any error, including missing schema
     # COMPONENT-COMPAT=if component missing schema, skip it with warning instead of quit
-    validation: "COMPONENT-COMPAT"
+    validation: "STRICT"
 
   # >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
   # runtime z/OS job name