diff --git a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-parser-opts.ts b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-parser-opts.ts
index 5380f529ba..f168fd642a 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-parser-opts.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-parser-opts.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import {ParserPreset} from '@commitlint/types';
-import {
-	isObjectLike,
-	isParserOptsFunction,
-	isPromiseLike,
-	validateParser,
-} from './validators';
+import {isObjectLike, isParserOptsFunction, isPromiseLike} from './validators';
 
 export async function loadParser(
 	pendingParser: unknown
@@ -15,7 +10,9 @@ export async function loadParser(
 	// Await for the module, loaded with require
 	const parser = await pendingParser;
 
-	validateParser(parser);
+	if (!isObjectLike(parser)) {
+		throw new Error('Invalid configuration, `parserPreset` must be an object');
+	}
 
 	// Await parser opts if applicable
 	if (isPromiseLike(parser.parserOpts)) {
@@ -26,6 +23,7 @@ export async function loadParser(
 	// Create parser opts from factory
 	if (
 		isParserOptsFunction(parser) &&
+		typeof parser.name === 'string' &&
 		parser.name.startsWith('conventional-changelog-')
 	) {
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
diff --git a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/validators.ts b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/validators.ts
index 3027707da2..7b76e17b88 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/validators.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/validators.ts
@@ -56,17 +56,3 @@ export function validateConfig(
 		throw new Error('Invalid configuration, `helpUrl` must be a string');
 	}
 }
-
-export function validateParser(
-	parser: unknown
-): asserts parser is {name: string; path: string; [key: string]: unknown} {
-	if (!isObjectLike(parser)) {
-		throw new Error('Invalid configuration, parserPreset must be an object');
-	}
-	if (typeof parser.name !== 'string') {
-		throw new Error('Invalid configuration, parserPreset must have a name');
-	}
-	if (typeof parser.path !== 'string') {
-		throw new Error('Invalid configuration, parserPreset must have a name');
-	}
-}
diff --git a/@commitlint/types/src/load.ts b/@commitlint/types/src/load.ts
index 2dfd8fd389..c24a81bfb9 100644
--- a/@commitlint/types/src/load.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/types/src/load.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface QualifiedConfig {
 }
 
 export interface ParserPreset {
-	name: string;
-	path: string;
+	name?: string;
+	path?: string;
 	parserOpts?: unknown;
 }