diff --git a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
index de757eb6e..7039d7b7f 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace Icinga\Forms\Config\General;
 
 use Icinga\Application\Logger;
 use Icinga\Web\Form;
-use Icinga\Web\Form\Validator\WritablePathValidator;
 
 class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
 {
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
                     'label'         => $this->translate('File path'),
                     'description'   => $this->translate('The full path to the log file to write messages to.'),
                     'value'         => '/var/log/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.log',
-                    'validators'    => array(new WritablePathValidator())
+                    'validators'    => array('WritablePathValidator')
                 )
             );
         }
diff --git a/application/forms/Config/Resource/FileResourceForm.php b/application/forms/Config/Resource/FileResourceForm.php
index c1ccd137c..b1bb0c6ae 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/Resource/FileResourceForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/Resource/FileResourceForm.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 namespace Icinga\Forms\Config\Resource;
 
 use Icinga\Web\Form;
-use Icinga\Web\Form\Validator\ReadablePathValidator;
 
 /**
  * Form class for adding/modifying file resources
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ class FileResourceForm extends Form
                 'required'      => true,
                 'label'         => $this->translate('Filepath'),
                 'description'   => $this->translate('The filename to fetch information from'),
-                'validators'    => array(new ReadablePathValidator())
+                'validators'    => array('ReadablePathValidator')
             )
         );
         $this->addElement(