diff --git a/hack/validate/default b/hack/validate/default
index fbe442ee15..cb85489190 100755
--- a/hack/validate/default
+++ b/hack/validate/default
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 export SCRIPTDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
-. "${SCRIPTDIR}"/dco
+# Skip DCO check here, as it's already checked in a separate stage in the Jenkinsfile
+#. "${SCRIPTDIR}"/dco
 . "${SCRIPTDIR}"/default-seccomp
 . "${SCRIPTDIR}"/pkg-imports
 . "${SCRIPTDIR}"/swagger