diff --git a/backend/repository/endpoint_update.go b/backend/repository/endpoint_update.go
index af5eec655..69c46d85a 100644
--- a/backend/repository/endpoint_update.go
+++ b/backend/repository/endpoint_update.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/uber/zanzibar/codegen"
 )
@@ -87,17 +86,9 @@ func (r *Repository) validateEndpointCfg(req *EndpointConfig) error {
 	for _, mid := range req.Middlewares {
 		for _, midCfg := range r.gatewayConfig.Middlewares {
 			if mid.Name == midCfg.Name {
-				result, err := r.validator.ValidateGo(midCfg.SchemaFile, mid.Options)
-				if err != nil && result != nil {
-					resultErrors, _ := json.Marshal(result.Errors())
-					return errors.Wrap(err, "schema validation error\nErrors:\n"+string(resultErrors))
-				}
-				if err != nil {
-					return errors.Wrap(err, "schema validation error unknown")
-				}
-				if !result.Valid() {
-					resultErrors, _ := json.Marshal(result.Errors())
-					return errors.New("schema validation error :\n" + string(resultErrors))
+				err := codegen.SchemaValidateGo(midCfg.SchemaFile, mid.Options)
+				if err != nil  {
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/backend/repository/repository.go b/backend/repository/repository.go
index f3e765788..4affe88d8 100644
--- a/backend/repository/repository.go
+++ b/backend/repository/repository.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/uber/zanzibar/codegen"
 )
 
 // Repository operates one local repository:
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ type Repository struct {
 	// Cached error when getting gateway config.
 	gatewayConfigError error
 	sync.RWMutex
-	validator *codegen.SchemaValidator
 }
 
 // Fetcher fetches remote repository to local repository.
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ func NewRepository(localRoot, remote string, fetcher Fetcher,
 		fetcher:         fetcher,
 		lastUpdateTime:  time.Now(),
 		refreshInterval: refreshInterval,
-		validator:       &codegen.SchemaValidator{},
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/codegen/schema_validator.go b/codegen/schema_validator.go
index e7ec9993a..fe21dec34 100644
--- a/codegen/schema_validator.go
+++ b/codegen/schema_validator.go
@@ -20,59 +20,40 @@
 
 package codegen
 
-import "github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
-
-// ResultError abstracts a subset of interface in gojsonschema
-type ResultError interface {
-	Field() string
-	Type() string
-	Description() string
-	Value() interface{}
-	String() string
-}
-
-// Result interface type subset of gojsonschema
-type Result interface {
-	Valid() bool
-	Errors() []ResultError
-}
-
-type resultStruct struct {
-	valid  bool
-	errors []ResultError
-}
-
-func (r *resultStruct) Valid() bool {
-	return r.valid
-}
-
-func (r *resultStruct) Errors() []ResultError {
-	return r.errors
-}
-
-// SchemaValidator abstracts undlerlying schema validation library
-type SchemaValidator struct{}
-
-// ValidateGo performs JSON schema validation from schema file on to arbitrary Go object
-func (s *SchemaValidator) ValidateGo(schemaFile string, arbitraryObj map[string]interface{}) (Result, error) {
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
+)
+
+// SchemaValidateGo performs JSON schema validation from schema file on to arbitrary Go object
+func SchemaValidateGo(schemaFile string, arbitraryObj map[string]interface{}) error {
 	// gojsonschmea caches schema validators
 	schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader(schemaFile)
 	jsonLoader := gojsonschema.NewGoLoader(arbitraryObj)
-	res, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, jsonLoader)
+	result, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, jsonLoader)
 
-	if res == nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if err != nil && result != nil {
+		resultErrors, _ := json.Marshal(result.Errors())
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "schema validation error\nErrors:\n"+string(resultErrors))
 	}
-
-	// convert gojsonschema to our result type
-	resultErrors := res.Errors()
-	myResult := &resultStruct{
-		res.Valid(),
-		make([]ResultError, len(res.Errors())),
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "schema validation error unknown")
 	}
-	for i, resultError := range resultErrors {
-		myResult.errors[i] = resultError.(ResultError)
+	if !result.Valid() {
+		msg := "schema validation error :"
+		for _, resErr := range result.Errors() {
+
+			details, _ := json.Marshal(resErr.Details())
+			msg += fmt.Sprintf("\nType: %s\nField: %s\nDescription: %s\nDetails: %s\n",
+				resErr.Type(),
+				resErr.Field(),
+				resErr.Description(),
+				string(details),
+			)
+		}
+		return errors.New(msg)
 	}
-
-	return myResult, err
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/codegen/schema_validator_test.go b/codegen/schema_validator_test.go
index cf06bb3d5..f502edd14 100644
--- a/codegen/schema_validator_test.go
+++ b/codegen/schema_validator_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSchemaValidatorSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-
-	validator := &codegen.SchemaValidator{}
-
 	var obj map[string]interface{}
 	obj = make(map[string]interface{})
 	obj["foo"] = true
@@ -39,18 +36,11 @@ func TestSchemaValidatorSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	canonFileRef := "file://" + absPath
 
-	res, err := validator.ValidateGo(canonFileRef, obj)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	if res != nil {
-		assert.True(t, res.Valid())
-	} else {
-		assert.Fail(t, "res was nil")
-	}
-
+	vErr := codegen.SchemaValidateGo(canonFileRef, obj)
+	assert.NoError(t, vErr)
 }
 
 func TestSchemaValidatorFail(t *testing.T) {
-	validator := &codegen.SchemaValidator{}
 
 	var obj map[string]interface{}
 	obj = make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -60,13 +50,6 @@ func TestSchemaValidatorFail(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	canonFileRef := "file://" + absPath
 
-	res, err := validator.ValidateGo(canonFileRef, obj)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	if res != nil {
-		assert.False(t, res.Valid())
-		assert.Equal(t, res.Errors()[0].Description(), "Invalid type. Expected: boolean, given: integer")
-	} else {
-		assert.Fail(t, "res was nil")
-	}
-
+	vErr := codegen.SchemaValidateGo(canonFileRef, obj)
+	assert.Error(t, vErr)
 }
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 98079f3fc..983cc5c36 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: e366f9396641da4ac4004240705229287a40b9aca78aa08800e53ea847d1a8ee
-updated: 2017-09-28T14:20:09.140905199-07:00
+hash: fbdcb4f002ab8988bc67d7cb4c23e229105dedd734612f2194117543ac170827
+updated: 2017-10-02T15:39:18.990686513-07:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex
   version: 648efa622239a2f6ff949fed78ee37b48d499ba4
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ imports:
 - name: github.com/uber-go/atomic
   version: e682c1008ac17bf26d2e4b5ad6cdd08520ed0b22
 - name: github.com/uber-go/tally
-  version: be9e53c77349ae2dd4b8c03a6dc20ed9a88b9927
+  version: 95078a8f10668bd1fa73ae46761cdc58d25436b8
   subpackages:
   - m3
   - m3/customtransports
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ imports:
   - thrift-gen/zipkincore
   - utils
 - name: github.com/uber/jaeger-lib
-  version: 5b29ee594f76a8f6a822c18b02ef985d68ddd991
+  version: 3b2a9ad2a045881ab7a0f81d465be54c8292ee4f
   subpackages:
   - metrics
   - metrics/tally
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index dd222c66c..39fcc85a6 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/stretchr/testify
   version: f6abca593680b2315d2075e0f5e2a9751e3f431a
 - package: github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema
+  version: 3f523f4c14b6e925da10475eb0447c2f28614aac