diff --git a/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c b/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
index 5a09d0772d73..ef87c101b8a3 100644
--- a/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
+++ b/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 
 LOG_MODULE_DECLARE(module_adapter, CONFIG_SOF_LOG_LEVEL);
 
-/*****************************************************************************/
-/* Local helper functions						     */
-/*****************************************************************************/
-static int validate_config(struct module_config *cfg);
-
 int module_load_config(struct comp_dev *dev, const void *cfg, size_t size)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -52,18 +47,11 @@ int module_load_config(struct comp_dev *dev, const void *cfg, size_t size)
 	}
 	if (!dst->data) {
 		comp_err(dev, "module_load_config(): failed to allocate space for setup config.");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	ret = memcpy_s(dst->data, size, cfg, size);
 	assert(!ret);
-	ret = validate_config(dst->data);
-	if (ret) {
-		comp_err(dev, "module_load_config(): validation of config failed!");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err;
-	}
 
 	/* Config loaded, mark it as valid */
 	dst->size = size;
@@ -71,11 +59,6 @@ int module_load_config(struct comp_dev *dev, const void *cfg, size_t size)
 
 	comp_dbg(dev, "module_load_config() done");
 	return ret;
-err:
-	if (dst->data)
-		rfree(dst->data);
-	dst->data = NULL;
-	return ret;
 }
 
 int module_init(struct processing_module *mod)
@@ -190,12 +173,6 @@ int module_free_memory(struct processing_module *mod, void *ptr)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int validate_config(struct module_config *cfg)
-{
-	/* TODO: validation of codec specific setup config */
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int module_prepare(struct processing_module *mod,
 		   struct sof_source **sources, int num_of_sources,
 		   struct sof_sink **sinks, int num_of_sinks)
diff --git a/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter_ipc3.c b/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter_ipc3.c
index 3df30b7e0873..6eae5f8a2001 100644
--- a/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter_ipc3.c
+++ b/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter_ipc3.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int module_adapter_init_data(struct comp_dev *dev,
 	if (size) {
 		ret = module_load_config(dev, data, size);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			comp_err(dev, "module_adapter_new() error %d: config loading has failed.",
+			comp_err(dev, "module_adapter_init_data() error %d: config loading has failed.",
 				 ret);
 			return ret;
 		}