diff --git a/psychopy/iohub/devices/deviceConfigValidation.py b/psychopy/iohub/devices/deviceConfigValidation.py
index dc7f96546e..cdf6390e92 100644
--- a/psychopy/iohub/devices/deviceConfigValidation.py
+++ b/psychopy/iohub/devices/deviceConfigValidation.py
@@ -315,19 +315,6 @@ def isValidInt(config_param_name, value, constraints):
 
     raise IntValueError(config_param_name, value, constraints)
 
-
-def isValidNumber(config_param_name, value, constraints):
-    try:
-        int_value = isValidInt(config_param_name, value, constraints)
-        return int_value
-    except Exception:
-        try:
-            float_value = isValidFloat(config_param_name, value, constraints)
-            return float_value
-        except Exception:
-            raise NumberValueError(config_param_name, value, constraints)
-
-
 def isBool(config_param_name, value, valid_value):
     try:
         value = bool(value)
diff --git a/psychopy/iohub/util/__init__.py b/psychopy/iohub/util/__init__.py
index 0de458af6e..ab300d4075 100644
--- a/psychopy/iohub/util/__init__.py
+++ b/psychopy/iohub/util/__init__.py
@@ -289,16 +289,9 @@ def getDeviceParams(device_name):
     #   dict (basically just used for expInfo I think)
     """
     builder_param_proto = dict(valType=None, inputType=None, defaultVal=None, allowedVals=None, hint=None, label=None)
-    iodtype2valType = dict(
-        IOHUB_STRING=str,
-        IOHUB_BOOL=bool,
-        IOHUB_FLOAT=float,
-        IOHUB_INT=isValidInt,
-        IOHUB_NUMBER=isValidNumber,
-        IOHUB_LIST=isValidList,
-        IOHUB_RGBA255_COLOR=isValidRgb255Color,
-        IOHUB_IP_ADDRESS_V4=isValidIpAddress,
-    )
+
+    iodtype2valType = dict(IOHUB_STRING=str, IOHUB_BOOL=bool, IOHUB_FLOAT=float, IOHUB_INT=int, IOHUB_LIST=list,
+                            IOHUB_RGBA255_COLOR='color', IOHUB_IP_ADDRESS_V4=str)
 
 
     supported_config = getDeviceSupportedConfig(device_name)
@@ -337,14 +330,6 @@ def settings2Params(parent_list, settings):
 
     settings2Params([], default_config)
 
-    #import pprint
-    #print("SUPPORTED:")
-    #pprint.pprint(supported_config)
-    #print("DEFAULT:")
-    # pprint.pprint(default_config)
-
-
-
     return default_config
 
 if sys.platform == 'win32':