diff --git a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
index 575c5fc..ad6fe64 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
@@ -294,51 +294,34 @@ in
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf (cfg.secrets != { }) {
-    assertions =
-      [
-        {
-          assertion =
-            cfg.gnupg.home != null
-            || cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ]
-            || cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true
-            || cfg.age.keyFile != null
-            || cfg.age.sshKeyPaths != [ ];
-          message = "No key source configured for sops. Either set services.openssh.enable or set sops.age.keyFile or sops.gnupg.home or sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable";
-        }
-        {
-          assertion =
-            !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ])
-            && !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true)
-            && !(cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ] && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true);
-          message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupg.home, sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable and sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths must be set";
-        }
-        {
-          assertion =
-            cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == false
-            || (
-              cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true
-              && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain != null
-              && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain != ""
-            );
-          message = "sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain is required when sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable is set to true";
-        }
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals cfg.validateSopsFiles (
-        lib.concatLists (
-          lib.mapAttrsToList (name: secret: [
-            {
-              assertion = builtins.pathExists secret.sopsFile;
-              message = "Cannot find path '${secret.sopsFile}' set in sops.secrets.${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier name}.sopsFile";
-            }
-            {
-              assertion =
-                builtins.isPath secret.sopsFile
-                || (builtins.isString secret.sopsFile && lib.hasPrefix builtins.storeDir secret.sopsFile);
-              message = "'${secret.sopsFile}' is not in the Nix store. Either add it to the Nix store or set sops.validateSopsFiles to false";
-            }
-          ]) cfg.secrets
-        )
-      );
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion =
+          cfg.gnupg.home != null
+          || cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ]
+          || cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true
+          || cfg.age.keyFile != null
+          || cfg.age.sshKeyPaths != [ ];
+        message = "No key source configured for sops. Either set services.openssh.enable or set sops.age.keyFile or sops.gnupg.home or sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable";
+      }
+      {
+        assertion =
+          !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ])
+          && !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true)
+          && !(cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [ ] && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true);
+        message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupg.home, sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable and sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths must be set";
+      }
+      {
+        assertion =
+          cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == false
+          || (
+            cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable == true
+            && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain != null
+            && cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain != ""
+          );
+        message = "sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.domain is required when sops.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable is set to true";
+      }
+    ];
 
     home.sessionVariables = lib.mkIf cfg.gnupg.qubes-split-gpg.enable {
       # TODO: Add this package to nixpkgs and use it from the store
diff --git a/modules/sops/manifest-for.nix b/modules/sops/manifest-for.nix
index 8886f30..1824668 100644
--- a/modules/sops/manifest-for.nix
+++ b/modules/sops/manifest-for.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
   ) [ ] (builtins.attrValues secrets);
 
 in
-if failedAssertions != [ ] then
+if cfg.validateSopsFiles && failedAssertions != [ ] then
   throw "\nFailed assertions:\n${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (x: "- ${x}") failedAssertions)}"
 else
   writeTextFile {