diff --git a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/BUILD b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/BUILD
index de0fbd42c08ca..2b4901b8d17a9 100644
--- a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/BUILD
+++ b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/BUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "default_validator.h",
         "factory.h",
         "utility.h",
-        "well_known_names.h",
     ],
     external_deps = [
         "ssl",
diff --git a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/default_validator.cc b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/default_validator.cc
index 001f93286d820..bb97cf0066578 100644
--- a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/default_validator.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/default_validator.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/cert_validator.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/utility.h"
-#include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/stats.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/utility.h"
 
@@ -472,7 +471,7 @@ class DefaultCertValidatorFactory : public CertValidatorFactory {
     return std::make_unique<DefaultCertValidator>(config, stats, time_source);
   }
 
-  absl::string_view name() override { return CertValidatorNames::get().Default; }
+  absl::string_view name() override { return "envoy.tls.cert_validator.default"; }
 };
 
 REGISTER_FACTORY(DefaultCertValidatorFactory, CertValidatorFactory);
diff --git a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.cc b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.cc
index 349b04e260b44..3ab5267ad4353 100644
--- a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.cc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "envoy/ssl/context_config.h"
 
-#include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h"
-
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Extensions {
 namespace TransportSockets {
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Tls {
 std::string getCertValidatorName(const Envoy::Ssl::CertificateValidationContextConfig* config) {
   return config != nullptr && config->customValidatorConfig().has_value()
              ? config->customValidatorConfig().value().name()
-             : CertValidatorNames::get().Default;
+             : "envoy.tls.cert_validator.default";
 };
 
 } // namespace Tls
diff --git a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/spiffe/spiffe_validator.cc b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/spiffe/spiffe_validator.cc
index f7d5639d40277..931fc398f0d65 100644
--- a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/spiffe/spiffe_validator.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/spiffe/spiffe_validator.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/factory.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/utility.h"
-#include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/stats.h"
 #include "extensions/transport_sockets/tls/utility.h"
 
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ class SPIFFEValidatorFactory : public CertValidatorFactory {
     return std::make_unique<SPIFFEValidator>(config, stats, time_source);
   }
 
-  absl::string_view name() override { return CertValidatorNames::get().SPIFFE; }
+  absl::string_view name() override { return "envoy.tls.cert_validator.spiffe"; }
 };
 
 REGISTER_FACTORY(SPIFFEValidatorFactory, CertValidatorFactory);
diff --git a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h b/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 226830cd514c2..0000000000000
--- a/source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/cert_validator/well_known_names.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "common/singleton/const_singleton.h"
-
-namespace Envoy {
-namespace Extensions {
-namespace TransportSockets {
-namespace Tls {
-
-/**
- * Well-known certificate validator's names.
- */
-class CertValidatorValues {
-public:
-  // default certificate validator
-  const std::string Default = "envoy.tls.cert_validator.default";
-
-  // SPIFFE(https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe)
-  const std::string SPIFFE = "envoy.tls.cert_validator.spiffe";
-};
-
-using CertValidatorNames = ConstSingleton<CertValidatorValues>;
-
-} // namespace Tls
-} // namespace TransportSockets
-} // namespace Extensions
-} // namespace Envoy