diff --git a/scripts/firesim-setup.sh b/scripts/firesim-setup.sh
index a110cb61..a7f265f1 100755
--- a/scripts/firesim-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/firesim-setup.sh
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ cd "${scripts_dir}/.."
 # Reenable the FireSim submodule
 git config --unset submodule.sims/firesim.update || true
 cd sims/firesim
-./build-setup.sh "$@" --library
+./build-setup.sh "$@" --library --skip-validate
 cd "$RDIR"