diff --git a/lib/actions/config.coffee b/lib/actions/config.coffee
index 8626af20..0932ae9c 100644
--- a/lib/actions/config.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/config.coffee
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ exports.generate =
 		writeFileAsync = Promise.promisify(require('fs').writeFile)
 		balena = require('balena-sdk').fromSharedOptions()
 		form = require('resin-cli-form')
-		deviceConfig = require('resin-device-config')
 		prettyjson = require('prettyjson')
 
 		{ generateDeviceConfig, generateApplicationConfig } = require('../utils/config')
@@ -319,7 +318,6 @@ exports.generate =
 				else
 					generateApplicationConfig(resource, answers)
 		.then (config) ->
-			deviceConfig.validate(config)
 			if options.output?
 				return writeFileAsync(options.output, JSON.stringify(config))
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/config.ts b/lib/utils/config.ts
index 2f1aac05..a24eea61 100644
--- a/lib/utils/config.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/config.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ type ImgConfig = {
 	vpnEndpoint: string;
 	registryEndpoint: string;
 	deltaEndpoint: string;
-	pubnubSubscribeKey: string;
-	pubnubPublishKey: string;
 	mixpanelToken: string;
 	wifiSsid?: string;
 	wifiKey?: string;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8bf7202b..e6aa864a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@
     "resin-cli-form": "^2.0.0",
     "resin-cli-visuals": "^1.4.0",
     "resin-compose-parse": "^2.0.0",
-    "resin-device-config": "^5.0.0",
     "resin-device-init": "^4.0.0",
     "resin-doodles": "0.0.1",
     "resin-image-fs": "^5.0.2",
diff --git a/typings/resin-device-config.d.ts b/typings/resin-device-config.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ea7a11cb..00000000
--- a/typings/resin-device-config.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-declare module 'resin-device-config';