diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingAcronyms.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingAcronyms.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 726096410..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingAcronyms.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "'%s': Don't define acronyms in headings."
-link: 'https://github.com/opensearch-project/documentation-website/blob/main/STYLE_GUIDE.md#acronyms'
-level: error
-ignorecase: false
-scope: heading
-nonword: true
-action:
-  name: remove
-tokens:
-  - '\([A-Z]{2,5}\)'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index efa5a5c34..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-extends: capitalization
-message: "'%s' is a heading and should be in sentence case."
-level: error
-scope: heading
-match: $sentence
-indicators:
-  - )
-  - .
-  - ':'
-exceptions:
-  - '([A-Z][a-z0-9]+){2,}' # ignores all camel case words
-  - '[A-Z]{2,}' # ignores all acronyms
-  - k    # ignores lowercase k-NN
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingColon.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingColon.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f20ef5869..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingColon.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Capitalize the word after a colon in '%s'."
-nonword: true
-level: error
-scope: heading
-tokens:
-  - '(?::\s)[a-z]+'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingPunctuation.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingPunctuation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 451284dde..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingPunctuation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Don't use punctuation at the end of a heading."
-nonword: true
-level: error
-scope: heading
-action:
-  name: remove
-tokens:
-  - '[.?!]$'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleParentheses.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleParentheses.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc4f3aed0..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleParentheses.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Remove double parentheses from the link '%s'."
-level: error
-nonword: true
-scope: raw
-tokens:
-  - '\]\({2,}[^)]*?\){1,}'
-  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleSlash.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleSlash.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 528fb73ab..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksDoubleSlash.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Remove double slashes from the link '%s'."
-level: error
-nonword: true
-scope: raw
-tokens:
-  - '\(\{\{site.url\}\}\{\{site.baseurl\}\}[^)]*?\/{2,}[^)]*?\)'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksEndSlash.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksEndSlash.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f20b36a1..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksEndSlash.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Add a trailing slash to the link '%s'."
-level: error
-nonword: true
-scope: raw
-tokens:
-  - '\(\{\{site.url\}\}\{\{site.baseurl\}\}(\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+)+\s*\)'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksMidSlash.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksMidSlash.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ab9e9d07..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/LinksMidSlash.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Add a slash after '{{site.url}}/{{site.baseurl}}' in '%s'."
-level: error
-nonword: true
-scope: raw
-tokens:
-  - '\(\{\{site.url\}\}\{\{site.baseurl\}\}([^\/])(?:(.*))?\)'
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/MergeConflicts.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/MergeConflicts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f76918bbd..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/MergeConflicts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: Resolve lingering merge conflicts.
-nonword: true
-level: error
-tokens:
-  - <<<<<<< HEAD
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/StackedHeadings.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/StackedHeadings.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac7dd72c4..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/StackedHeadings.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-extends: script
-message: Do not stack headings. Insert an introductory sentence between headings.
-level: error
-link: https://github.com/opensearch-project/documentation-website/blob/main/STYLE_GUIDE.md#formatting-and-organization
-scope: raw
-script: |
-  text := import("text")
-  matches := []
-  // Replace code blocks with dummy text to avoid processing comments
-  document := text.re_replace("(?s) *(```.*?```)", scope, "text")
-  isHeading := false
-  for line in text.split(document, "\n") {
-    if text.trim_space(line) != "" {   
-      if text.has_prefix(line, "#") {
-        if isHeading == true {
-          start := text.index(scope, line)
-          matches = append(matches, {begin: start, end: start + len(line)})
-         }
-        isHeading = true // new section; reset count
-      } else {
-        isHeading = false
-      }
-    }
-  }  
diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/TableHeadings.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/TableHeadings.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 96cb8621f..000000000
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/TableHeadings.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: capitalization
-message: "'%s' is a table heading and should be in sentence case."
-level: error
-scope: table.header
-match: $sentence
-exceptions:
-  - k    # ignores lowercase k-NN
diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 075aa57d8..6e3ed73c7 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
 StylesPath = ".github/vale/styles"
 Vocab = "OpenSearch"
 MinAlertLevel = warning
-SkippedScopes = code, style
 
 [*]
 BasedOnStyles = Vale, OpenSearch
-
-BlockIgnores = {%-?\s*comment[.|\s|\S]*?endcomment\s*-?%}, \
-    {%\s*raw[.|\s|\S]*?endraw\s*%}, \
-    {:+\s*[\.\w-\s]*\s*}, \
-    {%\s+[^%]*%} 
-
-# ignore variables
-TokenIgnores = [a-zA-Z_]+((?:_|\.)[a-zA-Z]+)+
-         
-# override Vale spelling               
+       
 Vale.Spelling = NO 
 Vale.Repetition = NO
 Vale.Terms = YES
@@ -28,22 +18,13 @@ OpenSearch.Exclamation = YES
 OpenSearch.FailoverNoun = YES
 OpenSearch.FailoverVerb = YES
 OpenSearch.FutureTense = NO
-OpenSearch.HeadingAcronyms = YES
-OpenSearch.HeadingCapitalization = YES
-OpenSearch.HeadingColon = YES
-OpenSearch.HeadingPunctuation = YES
 OpenSearch.Inclusive = YES
 OpenSearch.LatinismsElimination = YES
 OpenSearch.LatinismsSubstitution = YES
-OpenSearch.LinksDoubleParentheses = YES
-OpenSearch.LinksDoubleSlash = YES
-OpenSearch.LinksEndSlash = YES
-OpenSearch.LinksMidSlash = YES
 OpenSearch.LoginNoun = YES
 OpenSearch.LoginVerb = YES
 OpenSearch.LogoutNoun = YES
 OpenSearch.LogoutVerb = YES
-OpenSearch.MergeConflicts = YES
 OpenSearch.OxfordComma = YES
 OpenSearch.PassiveVoice = NO
 OpenSearch.Please = YES
@@ -59,10 +40,8 @@ OpenSearch.SpacingPunctuation = YES
 OpenSearch.SpacingSlash = YES
 OpenSearch.SpacingWords = YES
 OpenSearch.Spelling = YES
-OpenSearch.StackedHeadings = YES
 OpenSearch.SubstitutionsError = YES
 OpenSearch.SubstitutionsSuggestion = YES
-OpenSearch.TableHeadings = YES
 OpenSearch.TimeoutNoun = YES
 OpenSearch.TimeoutVerb = YES
 OpenSearch.UnitsNames = YES