diff --git a/lib/wallet.js b/lib/wallet.js
index a83013ff..176d49f8 100644
--- a/lib/wallet.js
+++ b/lib/wallet.js
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ export function generateSchema (wallet) {
       return validator
     }
 
-    // complex validation
-    if (field.validate.schema) return field.validate.schema
-
     const { type: validationType, words, min, max } = field.validate
 
     let validator
diff --git a/wallets/nwc/index.js b/wallets/nwc/index.js
index 13e06d33..51639ce8 100644
--- a/wallets/nwc/index.js
+++ b/wallets/nwc/index.js
@@ -10,29 +10,28 @@ export const fields = [
     label: 'connection',
     type: 'password',
     validate: {
-      schema: string()
-        .required('required')
-        .test(async (nwcUrl, context) => {
-          // run validation in sequence to control order of errors
-          // inspired by https://github.com/jquense/yup/issues/851#issuecomment-1049705180
+      type: 'string',
+      test: async (nwcUrl, context) => {
+        // run validation in sequence to control order of errors
+        // inspired by https://github.com/jquense/yup/issues/851#issuecomment-1049705180
+        try {
+          await string().required('required').validate(nwcUrl)
+          await string().matches(/^nostr\+?walletconnect:\/\//, { message: 'must start with nostr+walletconnect://' }).validate(nwcUrl)
+          let relayUrl, walletPubkey, secret
           try {
-            await string().required('required').validate(nwcUrl)
-            await string().matches(/^nostr\+?walletconnect:\/\//, { message: 'must start with nostr+walletconnect://' }).validate(nwcUrl)
-            let relayUrl, walletPubkey, secret
-            try {
-              ({ relayUrl, walletPubkey, secret } = parseNwcUrl(nwcUrl))
-            } catch {
+            ({ relayUrl, walletPubkey, secret } = parseNwcUrl(nwcUrl))
+          } catch {
             // invalid URL error. handle as if pubkey validation failed to not confuse user.
-              throw new Error('pubkey must be 64 hex chars')
-            }
-            await string().required('pubkey required').trim().matches(NOSTR_PUBKEY_HEX, 'pubkey must be 64 hex chars').validate(walletPubkey)
-            await string().required('relay url required').trim().wss('relay must use wss://').validate(relayUrl)
-            await string().required('secret required').trim().matches(/^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/, 'secret must be 64 hex chars').validate(secret)
-          } catch (err) {
-            return context.createError({ message: err.message })
+            throw new Error('pubkey must be 64 hex chars')
           }
-          return true
-        })
+          await string().required('pubkey required').trim().matches(NOSTR_PUBKEY_HEX, 'pubkey must be 64 hex chars').validate(walletPubkey)
+          await string().required('relay url required').trim().wss('relay must use wss://').validate(relayUrl)
+          await string().required('secret required').trim().matches(/^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/, 'secret must be 64 hex chars').validate(secret)
+        } catch (err) {
+          return context.createError({ message: err.message })
+        }
+        return true
+      }
     }
   }
 ]