diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/package.json
index 4e329b6f28..158e15d480 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/utils": "2.0.0-alpha.72",
-    "@docusaurus/utils-validation": "2.0.0-alpha.72",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "joi": "^17.4.0",
     "tslib": "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/Joi.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/Joi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6534f8bd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/Joi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+export {default} from 'joi';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/__tests__/validationSchemas.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/__tests__/validationSchemas.test.ts
index c5160920aa..ab1dd3a04b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/__tests__/validationSchemas.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/__tests__/validationSchemas.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {Joi} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
+import Joi from '../Joi';
 
 import {
   AdmonitionsSchema,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/index.ts
index c9760ffbbe..420baadf6b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 // /!\ don't remove this export, as we recommend plugin authors to use it
-export {default as Joi} from 'joi';
+export {default as Joi} from './Joi';
 
 export * from './validationUtils';
 export * from './validationSchemas';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationSchemas.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationSchemas.ts
index d94c485198..5d5f4d0f1f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationSchemas.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationSchemas.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
-import * as Joi from 'joi';
+import Joi from './Joi';
 import {isValidPathname} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 
 export const PluginIdSchema = Joi.string()
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
index 578c6e0d7a..1ec61a338d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
-import * as Joi from 'joi';
+import Joi from './Joi';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {PluginIdSchema} from './validationSchemas';