diff --git a/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OpensyncExternalIntegrationCloud.java b/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OpensyncExternalIntegrationCloud.java
index bb87bf2..3f9bb39 100644
--- a/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OpensyncExternalIntegrationCloud.java
+++ b/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OpensyncExternalIntegrationCloud.java
@@ -813,8 +813,7 @@ public class OpensyncExternalIntegrationCloud implements OpensyncExternalIntegra
                 }
 
                 CEGWFirmwareDownloadRequest fwDownloadRequest = new CEGWFirmwareDownloadRequest(ce.getInventoryId(),
-                        ce.getId(), fwVersion.getVersionName(), fwVersion.getFilename(),
-                        fwVersion.getValidationMethod(), fwVersion.getValidationCode());
+                        ce.getId(), fwVersion.getVersionName(), fwVersion.getFilename());
                 List<CEGWBaseCommand> commands = new ArrayList<>();
                 commands.add(fwDownloadRequest);
 
diff --git a/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/controller/OpensyncCloudGatewayController.java b/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/controller/OpensyncCloudGatewayController.java
index 5e1a94d..c2aa0ba 100644
--- a/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/controller/OpensyncCloudGatewayController.java
+++ b/opensync-ext-cloud/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/controller/OpensyncCloudGatewayController.java
@@ -341,10 +341,9 @@ public class OpensyncCloudGatewayController {
             String filepath = dlRequest.getFilePath();
             String firmwareVersion = dlRequest.getFirmwareVersion();
             String username = dlRequest.getUsername();
-            String validationCode = dlRequest.getValidationCode();
 
             String resultDetails = tipwlanOvsdbClient.processFirmwareDownload(inventoryId, filepath, firmwareVersion,
-                    username, validationCode);
+                    username);
 
             response.setResultDetail(resultDetails);
 
diff --git a/opensync-ext-interface/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OvsdbClientInterface.java b/opensync-ext-interface/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OvsdbClientInterface.java
index 4646dbc..a4bb897 100644
--- a/opensync-ext-interface/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OvsdbClientInterface.java
+++ b/opensync-ext-interface/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/external/integration/OvsdbClientInterface.java
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ public interface OvsdbClientInterface {
 
     void processClientBlocklistChange(String apId, List<MacAddress> blockList);
 
-    String processFirmwareDownload(String apId, String firmwareUrl, String firmwareVersion, String username,
-            String validationCode);
+    String processFirmwareDownload(String apId, String firmwareUrl, String firmwareVersion, String username);
 
     String closeSession(String apId);
 
diff --git a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/TipWlanOvsdbClient.java b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/TipWlanOvsdbClient.java
index a371f77..92fa495 100644
--- a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/TipWlanOvsdbClient.java
+++ b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/TipWlanOvsdbClient.java
@@ -815,13 +815,11 @@ public class TipWlanOvsdbClient implements OvsdbClientInterface {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String processFirmwareDownload(String apId, String firmwareUrl, String firmwareVersion, String username,
-            String validationCode) {
+    public String processFirmwareDownload(String apId, String firmwareUrl, String firmwareVersion, String username) {
         try {
             OvsdbSession session = ovsdbSessionMapInterface.getSession(apId);
 
-            ovsdbDao.configureFirmwareDownload(session.getOvsdbClient(), apId, firmwareUrl, firmwareVersion, username,
-                    validationCode);
+            ovsdbDao.configureFirmwareDownload(session.getOvsdbClient(), apId, firmwareUrl, firmwareVersion, username);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOG.error("Failed to initialize firmware download to " + apId + " " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
             return "Failed to initialize firmware download to " + apId + " " + e.getLocalizedMessage();
diff --git a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbDao.java b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbDao.java
index 671f4f1..defe501 100644
--- a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbDao.java
+++ b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbDao.java
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ public class OvsdbDao extends OvsdbDaoBase {
     }
 
     public void configureFirmwareDownload(OvsdbClient ovsdbClient, String apId, String firmwareUrl,
-            String firmwareVersion, String username, String validationCode) throws Exception {
-        ovsdbFirmware.configureFirmwareDownload(ovsdbClient, apId, firmwareUrl, firmwareVersion, username,
-                validationCode);
+            String firmwareVersion, String username) throws Exception {
+        ovsdbFirmware.configureFirmwareDownload(ovsdbClient, apId, firmwareUrl, firmwareVersion, username);
     }
 
     public void configureFirmwareFlash(OvsdbClient ovsdbClient, String apId, String firmwareVersion, String username) {
diff --git a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbFirmwareConfig.java b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbFirmwareConfig.java
index 9485d16..8c2d8c0 100644
--- a/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbFirmwareConfig.java
+++ b/opensync-gateway/src/main/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/dao/OvsdbFirmwareConfig.java
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ import com.vmware.ovsdb.service.OvsdbClient;
 public class OvsdbFirmwareConfig extends OvsdbDaoBase {
 
     void configureFirmwareDownload(OvsdbClient ovsdbClient, String apId, String firmwareUrl, String firmwareVersion,
-            String username, String validationCode) throws Exception {
+            String username) throws Exception {
         try {
-            LOG.debug("configureFirmwareDownload for {} to version {} url {} validationCode {} username {}", apId,
-                    firmwareVersion, firmwareUrl, validationCode, username);
+            LOG.debug("configureFirmwareDownload for {} to version {} url {} username {}", apId,
+                    firmwareVersion, firmwareUrl, username);
             List<Operation> operations = new ArrayList<>();
             Map<String, Value> updateColumns = new HashMap<>();
             updateColumns.put("upgrade_dl_timer", new Atom<>(upgradeDlTimerSeconds));
-            updateColumns.put("firmware_pass", new Atom<>(validationCode));
             updateColumns.put("firmware_url", new Atom<>(firmwareUrl));
             updateColumns.put("upgrade_timer", new Atom<>(upgradeTimerSeconds));
             Row row = new Row(updateColumns);
diff --git a/opensync-gateway/src/test/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/OpensyncGatewayTipWlanOvsdbClientTest.java b/opensync-gateway/src/test/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/OpensyncGatewayTipWlanOvsdbClientTest.java
index 5116e6d..ffc4212 100644
--- a/opensync-gateway/src/test/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/OpensyncGatewayTipWlanOvsdbClientTest.java
+++ b/opensync-gateway/src/test/java/com/telecominfraproject/wlan/opensync/ovsdb/OpensyncGatewayTipWlanOvsdbClientTest.java
@@ -152,13 +152,11 @@ public class OpensyncGatewayTipWlanOvsdbClientTest {
 
         assert (tipwlanOvsdbClient.processFirmwareDownload("Test_Client_21P10C68818122",
                 "http://127.0.0.1/~username/ea8300-2020-07-08-6632239/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin",
-                "openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade", "username",
-                "b0d03d8fba6b2261786ac97d49a629f2").equals(expectedResult));
+                "openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade", "username").equals(expectedResult));
 
         Mockito.verify(ovsdbDao).configureFirmwareDownload(ovsdbClient, "Test_Client_21P10C68818122",
                 "http://127.0.0.1/~username/ea8300-2020-07-08-6632239/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin",
-                "openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade", "username",
-                "b0d03d8fba6b2261786ac97d49a629f2");
+                "openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-linksys_ea8300-squashfs-sysupgrade", "username");
 
     }