diff --git a/.tools/validation/sdks.yaml b/.doc_gen/metadata/sdks.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .tools/validation/sdks.yaml
rename to .doc_gen/metadata/sdks.yaml
diff --git a/.tools/validation/services.yaml b/.doc_gen/metadata/services.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .tools/validation/services.yaml
rename to .doc_gen/metadata/services.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index cbc2d90eb7f..89f1cb34620 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip install -r .tools/base_requirements.txt
       - name: Lint metadata files
         run: >-
-          yamllint --format standard -c .tools/validation/.yamllint.yaml .doc_gen/metadata .tools/validation/sdks.yaml .tools/validation/services.yaml
+          yamllint --format standard -c .tools/validation/.yamllint.yaml .doc_gen/metadata
       - name: Validate metadata and repo
         run: >-
           python3 .tools/validation/validate.py --doc-gen .doc_gen
diff --git a/.tools/readmes/multi.py b/.tools/readmes/multi.py
index c196ace06cc..6d6d06c93da 100755
--- a/.tools/readmes/multi.py
+++ b/.tools/readmes/multi.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    scanner = Scanner(".tools/validation", ".doc_gen/metadata")
+    scanner = Scanner(".doc_gen/metadata")
     sdks = scanner.sdks()
     lang_vers = []
     for sdk in sdks:
diff --git a/.tools/readmes/scanner.py b/.tools/readmes/scanner.py
index 79e7a002a5e..44092075c6a 100644
--- a/.tools/readmes/scanner.py
+++ b/.tools/readmes/scanner.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 
 
 class Scanner:
-    def __init__(self, validation_folder, meta_folder):
-        self.validation_folder = validation_folder
+    def __init__(self, meta_folder):
         self.meta_folder = meta_folder
         self.lang_name = None
         self.svc_name = None
@@ -24,14 +23,6 @@ def __init__(self, validation_folder, meta_folder):
         self.cross_meta = None
         self.snippets = None
 
-    def _load_validation(self, file_name, field):
-        if field is not None:
-            return field
-        sdk_file_name = f"{self.validation_folder}/{file_name}"
-        with open(sdk_file_name) as sdk_file:
-            meta = yaml.safe_load(sdk_file)
-        return meta
-
     def _load_meta(self, file_name, field):
         if field is not None:
             return field
@@ -41,10 +32,10 @@ def _load_meta(self, file_name, field):
         return meta
 
     def _load_sdks(self):
-        self.sdk_meta = self._load_validation("sdks.yaml", self.sdk_meta)
+        self.sdk_meta = self._load_meta("sdks.yaml", self.sdk_meta)
 
     def _load_services(self):
-        self.svc_meta = self._load_validation("services.yaml", self.svc_meta)
+        self.svc_meta = self._load_meta("services.yaml", self.svc_meta)
 
     def _load_cross(self):
         self.cross_meta = self._load_meta("cross_metadata.yaml", self.cross_meta)
diff --git a/.tools/readmes/writeme.py b/.tools/readmes/writeme.py
index 474fcf7f068..efcb2268ae0 100644
--- a/.tools/readmes/writeme.py
+++ b/.tools/readmes/writeme.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    scanner = Scanner(".tools/validation", ".doc_gen/metadata")
+    scanner = Scanner(".doc_gen/metadata")
     sdks = scanner.sdks()
     lang_vers = []
     for sdk in sdks:
diff --git a/.tools/validation/doc_gen.py b/.tools/validation/doc_gen.py
index 5f3e3730e99..8cf6750f2fe 100644
--- a/.tools/validation/doc_gen.py
+++ b/.tools/validation/doc_gen.py
@@ -40,17 +40,18 @@ def collect_snippets(self, snippets_root: Path | None):
     def from_root(cls, root: Path) -> Self:
         errors = MetadataErrors()
 
-        with open(Path(__file__).parent / "sdks.yaml", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        metadata = root / ".doc_gen/metadata"
+
+        with open(metadata / "sdks.yaml", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             meta = yaml.safe_load(file)
             sdks, errs = parse_sdks("sdks.yaml", meta)
             errors.extend(errs)
 
-        with open(Path(__file__).parent / "services.yaml", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        with open(metadata / "services.yaml", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             meta = yaml.safe_load(file)
             services, service_errors = parse_services("services.yaml", meta)
             errors.extend(service_errors)
 
-        metadata = root / ".doc_gen/metadata"
         cross = set(
             [path.name for path in (metadata.parent / "cross-content").glob("*.xml")]
         )
diff --git a/.tools/validation/metadata_validator.py b/.tools/validation/metadata_validator.py
index 9e310f0a77e..3bd4f7fcc1b 100755
--- a/.tools/validation/metadata_validator.py
+++ b/.tools/validation/metadata_validator.py
@@ -182,10 +182,14 @@ def validate_files(
 
 
 def validate_metadata(doc_gen_root: Path, errors: MetadataErrors) -> MetadataErrors:
-    with open(Path(__file__).parent / "sdks.yaml") as sdks_file:
+    with open(
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / ".doc_gen" / "metadata" / "sdks.yaml"
+    ) as sdks_file:
         sdks_yaml: dict[str, Any] = yaml.safe_load(sdks_file)
 
-    with open(Path(__file__).parent / "services.yaml") as services_file:
+    with open(
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / ".doc_gen" / "metadata" / "services.yaml"
+    ) as services_file:
         services_yaml = yaml.safe_load(services_file)
 
     SdkVersion.sdks = sdks_yaml