diff --git a/packages/components/packages/FormGroup/FormGroup.jsx b/packages/components/packages/FormGroup/FormGroup.jsx
index 20c43e2022f58a386377d1508bb659afadb77140..e0aff75f0d3ce37e996017c92976b09c278507d0 100644
--- a/packages/components/packages/FormGroup/FormGroup.jsx
+++ b/packages/components/packages/FormGroup/FormGroup.jsx
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import {
   HelpBlock,
 } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import Joi from 'joi-browser'
-import serverValidations from 'pubsweet-server/src/models/validations'
+
+import mergeValidations from 'pubsweet-server/src/models/validations'
 import config from 'config'
 
-const validations = serverValidations(config)
+const appValidationsPath = config.validations
+const validations = mergeValidations(require(appValidationsPath))
 
 class FormGroup extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
diff --git a/packages/components/packages/PostsManager/PostCreator.jsx b/packages/components/packages/PostsManager/PostCreator.jsx
index 604d2ee69322a8a2e9ae28542e7c7c6fa0720b74..85ae46699bf654f142165227089421337b8259ad 100644
--- a/packages/components/packages/PostsManager/PostCreator.jsx
+++ b/packages/components/packages/PostsManager/PostCreator.jsx
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import FormGroup from 'pubsweet-component-form-group/FormGroup'
-import mergeValidations from 'pubsweet-server/src/models/validations'
-import config from 'config'
-
-const appValidationsPath = config.validations
-const validations = mergeValidations(require(appValidationsPath))
 
 export default class PostCreator extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ export default class PostCreator extends React.Component {
           label="Title"
           modelProperty="fragment.title"
           placeholder="One fine day..."
-          validations={validations}
         />
         <Button
           aria-label="Create"