diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13f4967fe..b040f31e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - _...Add new stuff here..._
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
+- The validator no longer fails if the style lacks a `glyphs` property ([#1347](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-style-spec/pull/1347))
 - _...Add new stuff here..._
 
 ## 24.3.0
diff --git a/src/validate/validate_property.ts b/src/validate/validate_property.ts
index 916222a9e..29ff4e8b4 100644
--- a/src/validate/validate_property.ts
+++ b/src/validate/validate_property.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ export function validateProperty(options, propertyType) {
     const errors = [];
 
     if (options.layerType === 'symbol') {
-        if (propertyKey === 'text-field' && style && !style.glyphs) {
-            errors.push(new ValidationError(key, value, 'use of "text-field" requires a style "glyphs" property'));
-        }
         if (propertyKey === 'text-font' && isFunction(deepUnbundle(value)) && unbundle(value.type) === 'identity') {
             errors.push(new ValidationError(key, value, '"text-font" does not support identity functions'));
         }
diff --git a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.input.json b/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.input.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 64faeb34b..000000000
--- a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.input.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 8,
-  "sources": {
-    "vector": {
-      "type": "vector",
-      "url": "https://demotiles.maplibre.org/tiles/tiles.json"
-    }
-  },
-  "layers": [
-    {
-      "id": "minimum",
-      "type": "symbol",
-      "source": "vector",
-      "source-layer": "layer",
-      "layout": {
-        "text-font": ["Helvetica"],
-        "text-field": "{foo}"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output-api-supported.json b/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output-api-supported.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ee2c619..000000000
--- a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output-api-supported.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "message": "layers[0].layout.text-field: use of \"text-field\" requires a style \"glyphs\" property",
-    "line": 17
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output.json b/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ee2c619..000000000
--- a/test/integration/style-spec/tests/missing-glyphs.output.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "message": "layers[0].layout.text-field: use of \"text-field\" requires a style \"glyphs\" property",
-    "line": 17
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file