diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9d9e4b1b46..22ea750052 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,16 +40,3 @@ repos:
         types: [go]
         language: golang
         pass_filenames: false
-  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.14.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-jsonschema
-        name: "Validate Zarf Configs Against Schema"
-        files: "zarf.yaml"
-        types: [yaml]
-        args: ["--schemafile", "zarf.schema.json"]
-        exclude: |
-          (?x)^(
-            src/test/packages/12-lint/.*|
-            src/pkg/lint/testdata/package-with-templates/zarf.yaml
-          )$
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/lint.go b/src/pkg/lint/lint.go
index 9f0259643e..724b6c214c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/lint.go
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/lint.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func lintComponents(ctx context.Context, pkg v1alpha1.ZarfPackage, createOpts ty
 		node := chain.Head()
 		for node != nil {
 			component := node.ZarfComponent
-			compFindings, err := fillComponentTemplate(&component, createOpts)
+			compFindings, err := fillObjTemplate(&component, createOpts.SetVariables)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ func lintComponents(ctx context.Context, pkg v1alpha1.ZarfPackage, createOpts ty
 	return findings, nil
 }
 
-func fillComponentTemplate(c *v1alpha1.ZarfComponent, createOpts types.ZarfCreateOptions) ([]PackageFinding, error) {
+func fillObjTemplate(rawObj any, setVariables map[string]string) ([]PackageFinding, error) {
 	var findings []PackageFinding
 	templateMap := map[string]string{}
 
 	setVarsAndWarn := func(templatePrefix string, deprecated bool) error {
-		yamlTemplates, err := utils.FindYamlTemplates(c, templatePrefix, "###")
+		yamlTemplates, err := utils.FindYamlTemplates(rawObj, templatePrefix, "###")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func fillComponentTemplate(c *v1alpha1.ZarfComponent, createOpts types.ZarfCreat
 					Severity:    SevWarn,
 				})
 			}
-			if _, present := createOpts.SetVariables[key]; !present {
+			if _, present := setVariables[key]; !present {
 				unSetTemplates = true
 			}
 		}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func fillComponentTemplate(c *v1alpha1.ZarfComponent, createOpts types.ZarfCreat
 				Severity:    SevWarn,
 			})
 		}
-		for key, value := range createOpts.SetVariables {
+		for key, value := range setVariables {
 			templateMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s%s###", templatePrefix, key)] = value
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func fillComponentTemplate(c *v1alpha1.ZarfComponent, createOpts types.ZarfCreat
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := utils.ReloadYamlTemplate(c, templateMap); err != nil {
+	if err := utils.ReloadYamlTemplate(rawObj, templateMap); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return findings, nil
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go b/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
index d6ad24ad82..23f14c14c0 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ func TestLintComponents(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Error(t, err)
 	})
 }
-func TestFillComponentTemplate(t *testing.T) {
-	createOpts := types.ZarfCreateOptions{
-		SetVariables: map[string]string{
-			"KEY1": "value1",
-			"KEY2": "value2",
-		},
+func TestFillObjTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	SetVariables := map[string]string{
+		"KEY1": "value1",
+		"KEY2": "value2",
 	}
 
 	component := v1alpha1.ZarfComponent{
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ func TestFillComponentTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	findings, err := fillComponentTemplate(&component, createOpts)
+	findings, err := fillObjTemplate(&component, SetVariables)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	expectedFindings := []PackageFinding{
 		{
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/schema.go b/src/pkg/lint/schema.go
index e5d69342a1..9c22ba7fa8 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/schema.go
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/schema.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
-	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/layout"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func ValidatePackageSchema(setVariables map[string]string) ([]PackageFinding, er
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	untypedZarfPackage, err = templateRawYaml(untypedZarfPackage, setVariables)
+	_, err = fillObjTemplate(&untypedZarfPackage, setVariables)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -38,23 +37,6 @@ func ValidatePackageSchema(setVariables map[string]string) ([]PackageFinding, er
 	return getSchemaFindings(jsonSchema, untypedZarfPackage)
 }
 
-func templateRawYaml(untypedPackage any, values map[string]string) (any, error) {
-	templateMap := map[string]string{}
-
-	for key, value := range values {
-		templateMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s%s###", v1alpha1.ZarfPackageVariablePrefix, key)] = value
-	}
-
-	for key, value := range values {
-		templateMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s%s###", v1alpha1.ZarfPackageTemplatePrefix, key)] = value
-	}
-
-	if err := utils.ReloadYamlTemplate(&untypedPackage, templateMap); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return untypedPackage, nil
-}
-
 func makeFieldPathYqCompat(field string) string {
 	if field == "(root)" {
 		return field
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/schema_test.go b/src/pkg/lint/schema_test.go
index bd8b576a83..8ebcdc26bf 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/schema_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/schema_test.go
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ package lint
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/test/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestZarfSchema(t *testing.T) {
@@ -190,6 +192,24 @@ components:
 	})
 }
 
+func TestValidatePackageSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	ZarfSchema = testutil.LoadSchema(t, "../../../zarf.schema.json")
+	setVariables := map[string]string{
+		"PACKAGE_NAME": "test-package",
+		"MY_COMP_NAME": "test-comp",
+	}
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = os.Chdir(filepath.Join("testdata", "package-with-templates"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, os.Chdir(cwd))
+	}()
+	findings, err := ValidatePackageSchema(setVariables)
+	require.Empty(t, findings)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestYqCompat(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	t.Run("Wrap standalone numbers in bracket", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/package-with-templates/zarf.yaml b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/package-with-templates/zarf.yaml
index 1b5cee0f71..f32ec32bab 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/package-with-templates/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/package-with-templates/zarf.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kind: ZarfPackageConfig
 metadata:
-  name: "###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_PACKAGE_NAME###"
+  name: "###ZARF_PKG_VAR_PACKAGE_NAME###"
 components:
-  - name: ok
+  - name: "###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_MY_COMP_NAME###"