diff --git a/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/examples/ValidateLinkSuccess.json b/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/examples/ValidateLinkSuccess.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5704a4b9f312..000000000000
--- a/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/examples/ValidateLinkSuccess.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "parameters": {
-    "api-version": "2022-05-01",
-    "resourceUri": "subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/test-rg/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/test-app",
-    "linkerName": "linkName"
-  },
-  "responses": {
-    "200": {
-      "body": {
-        "properties": {
-          "linkerName": "linkName",
-          "isConnectionAvailable": true,
-          "reportStartTimeUtc": "2020-07-12T22:05:09Z",
-          "reportEndTimeUtc": "2020-07-12T22:06:09Z",
-          "sourceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/test-rg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-acc/mongodbDatabases/test-db",
-          "targetId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/test-rg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-acc/mongodbDatabases/test-db",
-          "authType": "secret",
-          "validationDetail": [
-            {
-              "name": "TargetExistence",
-              "description": "The target existence is validated",
-              "result": "success"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "TargetNetworkAccess",
-              "description": "Deny public network access is set to yes. Please confirm you are using private endpoint connection to access target resource.",
-              "result": "warning"
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "202": {}
-  }
-}
diff --git a/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/servicelinker.json b/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/servicelinker.json
index 36c50fd40b7a..b774c2d53c4e 100644
--- a/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/servicelinker.json
+++ b/specification/servicelinker/resource-manager/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/stable/2022-05-01/servicelinker.json
@@ -266,52 +266,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "/{resourceUri}/providers/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/linkers/{linkerName}/validateLinker": {
-      "post": {
-        "tags": [
-          "Links"
-        ],
-        "operationId": "Linker_Validate",
-        "description": "Validate a link.",
-        "x-ms-long-running-operation": true,
-        "x-ms-long-running-operation-options": {
-          "final-state-via": "azure-async-operation"
-        },
-        "x-ms-examples": {
-          "ValidateLinkSuccess": {
-            "$ref": "./examples/ValidateLinkSuccess.json"
-          }
-        },
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "$ref": "#/parameters/ResourceUriParameter"
-          },
-          {
-            "$ref": "../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v2/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter"
-          },
-          {
-            "$ref": "#/parameters/LinkerNameParameter"
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "OK. The request has succeeded.",
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/definitions/ValidateOperationResult"
-            }
-          },
-          "202": {
-            "description": "Accepted - Returns this status until the asynchronous operation has completed."
-          },
-          "default": {
-            "description": "Error response describing why the operation failed.",
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v2/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse"
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "/{resourceUri}/providers/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/linkers/{linkerName}/listConfigurations": {
       "post": {
         "tags": [