diff --git a/volatility/framework/exceptions.py b/volatility/framework/exceptions.py
index 8d11d19bd..1fa197601 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/exceptions.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/exceptions.py
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ class SwappedInvalidAddressException(PagedInvalidAddressException):
         self.swap_offset = swap_offset
 
 
-class InvalidDataException(VolatilityException):
-    """Thrown when an object contains some data known to be invalid for that
-    structure."""
-
-    def __init__(self, invalid_object: object, *args) -> None:
-        super().__init__(invalid_object, *args)
-        self._invalid_object = invalid_object
-
-
 class SymbolSpaceError(VolatilityException):
     """Thrown when an error occurs dealing with Symbolspaces and SymbolTables."""
 
diff --git a/volatility/framework/interfaces/objects.py b/volatility/framework/interfaces/objects.py
index 35a3a4f1a..194febde1 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/interfaces/objects.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/interfaces/objects.py
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ class ObjectInterface(metaclass = ABCMeta):
         """Writes the new value into the format at the offset the object
         currently resides at."""
 
-    def validate(self) -> bool:
-        """A method that can be overridden to validate this object.  It does
-        not return and its return value should not be used.
-
-        Raises InvalidDataException on failure to validate the data
-        correctly.
-        """
-
     def get_symbol_table(self) -> 'interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface':
         """Returns the symbol table for this particular object.