diff --git a/protovalidate/internal/rules.py b/protovalidate/internal/rules.py
index b4d995a3..8ce6975f 100644
--- a/protovalidate/internal/rules.py
+++ b/protovalidate/internal/rules.py
@@ -267,11 +267,9 @@ class RuleContext:
 
     _violations: list[Violation]
 
-    def __init__(self, *, fail_fast: bool = False, violations: typing.Optional[list[Violation]] = None):
+    def __init__(self, *, fail_fast: bool = False):
         self._fail_fast = fail_fast
-        if violations is None:
-            violations = []
-        self._violations = violations
+        self._violations = []
 
     @property
     def violations(self) -> list[Violation]:
diff --git a/protovalidate/validator.py b/protovalidate/validator.py
index 443e08ff..28b3d9be 100644
--- a/protovalidate/validator.py
+++ b/protovalidate/validator.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import typing
-
 from google.protobuf import message
 
 from buf.validate import validate_pb2
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ def collect_violations(
         message: message.Message,
         *,
         fail_fast: bool = False,
-        into: typing.Optional[list[Violation]] = None,
     ) -> list[Violation]:
         """
         Validates the given message against the static rules defined in
@@ -77,12 +74,10 @@ def collect_violations(
         Parameters:
             message: The message to validate.
             fail_fast: If true, validation will stop after the first iteration.
-            into: If provided, any violations will be appended to the
-                Violations object and the same object will be returned.
         Raises:
             CompilationError: If the static rules could not be compiled.
         """
-        ctx = _rules.RuleContext(fail_fast=fail_fast, violations=into)
+        ctx = _rules.RuleContext(fail_fast=fail_fast)
         for rule in self._factory.get(message.DESCRIPTOR):
             rule.validate(ctx, message)
             if ctx.done:
diff --git a/test/test_validate.py b/test/test_validate.py
index b7ea1036..c0589692 100644
--- a/test/test_validate.py
+++ b/test/test_validate.py
@@ -85,20 +85,6 @@ def test_oneofs(self):
 
         self._run_valid_tests(msg)
 
-    def test_collect_violations_into(self):
-        msg1 = validations_pb2.Oneof()
-        msg1.y = 123
-
-        msg2 = validations_pb2.Oneof()
-        msg2.z.val = True
-
-        for label, v in get_default_validator():
-            with self.subTest(label=label):
-                # Test collect_violations into
-                violations = v.collect_violations(msg1)
-                v.collect_violations(msg2, into=violations)
-                self.assertEqual(len(violations), 0)
-
     def test_protovalidate_oneof_valid(self):
         msg = validations_pb2.ProtovalidateOneof()
         msg.a = "A"