diff --git a/3.0/gradle/vividus-test.gradle b/3.0/gradle/vividus-test.gradle
index cae0b51..0cebbe5 100644
--- a/3.0/gradle/vividus-test.gradle
+++ b/3.0/gradle/vividus-test.gradle
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ tasks.register('replaceDeprecatedProperties', VividusJavaExec) {
 }
 
 check.configure {
-    dependsOn = [checkDependenciesConsistency, validateKnownIssues, testVividusInitialization]
+    dependsOn = [checkDependenciesConsistency, testVividusInitialization]
 }
 
 [testVividusInitialization, printSteps, validateKnownIssues, countScenarios, countSteps, replaceDeprecatedSteps, replaceDeprecatedProperties].each { task ->
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0a233e..29629f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,3 +137,5 @@ existing automated tests and infrastructre for them to use Build System 3.0.
 [Java 21](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=21) or higher.
 1. The ability to specify custom prefix for the version of the built artifact is removed. Previously it was possible to
 set custom prefix using project property `versionPrefix`, but this feature was not customizable and was not popular.
+1. The task `validateKnownIssues` is not included in the project build phase anymore. The correcness of the file with
+known issues configuration (`known-issues.json`) is checked in scope of the task `testVividusInitialization`.