diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa-main.yml b/.github/workflows/qa-main.yml
index b8ce7c4..6591347 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa-main.yml
@@ -808,38 +808,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           [ -f "$SONAR_SSL_FOLDER/truststore.p12" ] || exit 1
           TRUSTSTORE_P12_MOD_TIME_T3=$(stat -c %Y "$SONAR_SSL_FOLDER/truststore.p12")
-          [ "$TRUSTSTORE_P12_MOD_TIME_T2" != "$TRUSTSTORE_P12_MOD_TIME_T3" ] || exit 1
-  scannerVersionValidationTest:
-    name: >
-      'scannerVersion' input validation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Run action with invalid scannerVersion
-        id: invalid_version
-        uses: ./
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          scannerVersion: "7.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
-          args: -Dsonar.scanner.internal.dumpToFile=./output.properties
-        env:
-          NO_CACHE: true
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: http://not_actually_used
-      - name: Assert failure of previous step
-        if: steps.invalid_version.outcome == 'success'
-        run: |
-          echo "Action with invalid scannerVersion should have failed but succeeded"
-          exit 1
-      - name: Run action with valid scannerVersion
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          scannerVersion: "7.1.0.4889"
-          args: -Dsonar.scanner.internal.dumpToFile=./output.properties
-        env:
-          NO_CACHE: true
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: http://not_actually_used
-      - name: Assert
-        run: |
-          ./test/assertFileExists ./output.properties
\ No newline at end of file
+          [ "$TRUSTSTORE_P12_MOD_TIME_T2" != "$TRUSTSTORE_P12_MOD_TIME_T3" ] || exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2ba0299..fe4ac90 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Validate Scanner Version input
-      run: |
-        SCANNER_VERSION="${{ inputs.scannerVersion }}"
-        if [[ ! "$SCANNER_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-          echo "ERROR: Invalid scannerVersion format. Expected format: x.y.z.w (e.g., 7.1.0.4889)"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-      shell: bash
     - name: Sanity checks
       run: ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/scripts/sanity-checks.sh
       shell: bash
diff --git a/scripts/sanity-checks.sh b/scripts/sanity-checks.sh
index 6fd8b97..c3b706b 100755
--- a/scripts/sanity-checks.sh
+++ b/scripts/sanity-checks.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
+if [[ ! "${INPUT_SCANNERVERSION}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "::error title=SonarScanner::Invalid scannerVersion format. Expected format: x.y.z.w (e.g., 7.1.0.4889)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if [[ -z "${SONAR_TOKEN}" ]]; then
   echo "::warning title=SonarScanner::Running this GitHub Action without SONAR_TOKEN is not recommended"
 fi