diff --git a/.github/workflows/github.yml b/.github/workflows/github.yml
index 7fa7adadd..c51cb8f7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       # also, running it on multiple presets is redundant and slightly increases already long CI built times
       if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.preset, 'linux-clang-test') }}
       run: |
-        pip3 install json5 jstyleson
+        pip3 install json5
         python3 CI/linux-qt6/validate_json.py
 
     - name: Dependencies
diff --git a/CI/linux-qt6/validate_json.py b/CI/linux-qt6/validate_json.py
index 5fbe0ac76..886eb8e7d 100755
--- a/CI/linux-qt6/validate_json.py
+++ b/CI/linux-qt6/validate_json.py
@@ -6,55 +6,22 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from pprint import pprint
 
 import json5
-import jstyleson
-import yaml
 
-# 'json', 'json5' or 'yaml'
-# json:  strict, but doesn't preserve line numbers necessarily, since it strips comments before parsing
-# json5: strict and preserves line numbers even for files with line comments
-# yaml:  less strict, allows e.g. leading zeros
-VALIDATION_TYPE = "json5"
+validation_failed = False
 
-errors = []
-for path in sorted(Path(".").glob("**/*.json")):
+for path in sorted(Path(".").glob("**/*.json"), key=lambda path: str(path).lower()):
     # because path is an object and not a string
     path_str = str(path)
+    if path_str.startswith("."):
+        continue
+
     try:
         with open(path_str, "r") as file:
-            if VALIDATION_TYPE == "json":
-                jstyleson.load(file)
-            elif VALIDATION_TYPE == "json5":
-                json5.load(file)
-            elif VALIDATION_TYPE == "yaml":
-                file = file.read().replace("\t", "    ")
-                file = file.replace("//", "#")
-                yaml.safe_load(file)
-        print(f"Validation of {path_str} succeeded")
+            json5.load(file)
+        print(f"✅ {path_str}")
     except Exception as exc:
-        print(f"Validation of {path_str} failed")
-        pprint(exc)
+        print(f"❌ {str(exc).replace('<string>', path_str)}")
+        validation_failed = True
 
-        error_pos = path_str
-
-        # create error position strings for each type of parser
-        if hasattr(exc, "pos"):
-            # 'json'
-            # https://stackoverflow.com/a/72850269/2278742
-            error_pos = f"{path_str}:{exc.lineno}:{exc.colno}"
-            print(error_pos)
-        elif VALIDATION_TYPE == "json5":
-            # 'json5'
-            pos = re.findall(r"\d+", str(exc))
-            error_pos = f"{path_str}:{pos[0]}:{pos[-1]}"
-        elif hasattr(exc, "problem_mark"):
-            # 'yaml'
-            mark = exc.problem_mark
-            error_pos = f"{path_str}:{mark.line+1}:{mark.column+1}"
-            print(error_pos)
-
-        errors.append({"error_pos": error_pos, "error_msg": exc})
-
-if errors:
-    print("The following JSON files are invalid:")
-    pprint(errors)
+if validation_failed:
     sys.exit(1)