diff --git a/alerting/config.go b/alerting/config.go
index c19c394d..2bcc4db9 100644
--- a/alerting/config.go
+++ b/alerting/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package alerting
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/alerting/alert"
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/alerting/provider"
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/alerting/provider/custom"
@@ -154,3 +157,17 @@ func (config Config) GetAlertingProviderByAlertType(alertType alert.Type) provid
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// SetAlertingProviderToNil Sets an alerting provider to nil to avoid having to revalidate it every time an
+// alert of its corresponding type is sent.
+func (config *Config) SetAlertingProviderToNil(p provider.AlertProvider) {
+	fmt.Println(config.GitHub)
+	entityType := reflect.TypeOf(config).Elem()
+	for i := 0; i < entityType.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := entityType.Field(i)
+		if field.Type == reflect.TypeOf(p) {
+			fmt.Println("Setting", field.Name, "to nil")
+			reflect.ValueOf(config).Elem().Field(i).Set(reflect.Zero(field.Type))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 9040d936..91e5b8ba 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ func validateAlertingConfig(alertingConfig *alerting.Config, endpoints []*core.E
 			} else {
 				log.Printf("[config][validateAlertingConfig] Ignoring provider=%s because configuration is invalid", alertType)
 				invalidProviders = append(invalidProviders, alertType)
+				alertingConfig.SetAlertingProviderToNil(alertProvider)
 			}
 		} else {
 			invalidProviders = append(invalidProviders, alertType)
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index df880f8d..8d8557d9 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -980,11 +980,8 @@ endpoints:
 	if config.Alerting == nil {
 		t.Fatal("config.Alerting shouldn't have been nil")
 	}
-	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty == nil {
-		t.Fatal("PagerDuty alerting config shouldn't have been nil")
-	}
-	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty.IsValid() {
-		t.Fatal("PagerDuty alerting config should've been invalid")
+	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty != nil {
+		t.Fatal("PagerDuty alerting config should've been set to nil, because its IsValid() method returned false and therefore alerting.Config.SetAlertingProviderToNil() should've been called")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/watchdog/alerting.go b/watchdog/alerting.go
index d08f6b3c..881edbab 100644
--- a/watchdog/alerting.go
+++ b/watchdog/alerting.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func handleAlertsToTrigger(endpoint *core.Endpoint, result *core.Result, alertin
 			continue
 		}
 		alertProvider := alertingConfig.GetAlertingProviderByAlertType(endpointAlert.Type)
-		if alertProvider != nil && alertProvider.IsValid() {
+		if alertProvider != nil {
 			log.Printf("[watchdog][handleAlertsToTrigger] Sending %s alert because alert for endpoint=%s with description='%s' has been TRIGGERED", endpointAlert.Type, endpoint.Name, endpointAlert.GetDescription())
 			var err error
 			if os.Getenv("MOCK_ALERT_PROVIDER") == "true" {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func handleAlertsToResolve(endpoint *core.Endpoint, result *core.Result, alertin
 			continue
 		}
 		alertProvider := alertingConfig.GetAlertingProviderByAlertType(endpointAlert.Type)
-		if alertProvider != nil && alertProvider.IsValid() {
+		if alertProvider != nil {
 			log.Printf("[watchdog][handleAlertsToResolve] Sending %s alert because alert for endpoint=%s with description='%s' has been RESOLVED", endpointAlert.Type, endpoint.Name, endpointAlert.GetDescription())
 			err := alertProvider.Send(endpoint, endpointAlert, result, true)
 			if err != nil {