diff --git a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
index 6a189ca..92c5ed0 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ func (c *schemaCache) loadSchemaFromPath(ctx context.Context, schemaPath string,
 		loadCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 		defer cancel()
 		loader.Context = loadCtx
-		log.Debugf(ctx, "Fetching schema from URL: %s (timeout=%v)", schemaPath, timeout)
 		doc, err = loader.LoadFromURI(u)
 	} else {
 		// Load from local file (file:// or path)
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ func (c *schemaCache) loadSchemaFromPath(ctx context.Context, schemaPath string,
 		if u != nil && u.Scheme == "file" {
 			filePath = u.Path
 		}
-		log.Debugf(ctx, "Loading schema from local file: %s", filePath)
 		doc, err = loader.LoadFromFile(filePath)
 	}
 
@@ -256,13 +254,9 @@ func (c *schemaCache) loadSchemaFromPath(ctx context.Context, schemaPath string,
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load schema from %s: %w", schemaPath, err)
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf(ctx, "Successfully loaded schema from: %s", schemaPath)
-
 	// Validate loaded schema (non-blocking, just log warnings)
 	if err := doc.Validate(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf(ctx, "Schema validation warnings for %s (may indicate unresolved $ref): %v", schemaPath, err)
-	} else {
-		log.Debugf(ctx, "Schema self-validation passed for: %s", schemaPath)
+		log.Debugf(ctx, "Schema validation warnings for %s: %v", schemaPath, err)
 	}
 
 	c.set(urlHash, doc, ttl)
@@ -321,12 +315,9 @@ func transformContextToSchemaURL(contextURL string) string {
 // findSchemaByType finds a schema in the document by @type value.
 func findSchemaByType(ctx context.Context, doc *openapi3.T, typeName string) (*openapi3.SchemaRef, error) {
 	if doc.Components == nil || doc.Components.Schemas == nil {
-		log.Errorf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("no schemas in document"), "Schema lookup failed for @type: %s — document has no components.schemas section", typeName)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no schemas found in document")
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf(ctx, "Looking up @type: %s in document with %d schema(s)", typeName, len(doc.Components.Schemas))
-
 	// Try direct match by schema name
 	if schema, exists := doc.Components.Schemas[typeName]; exists {
 		log.Debugf(ctx, "Found schema by direct match: %s", typeName)
@@ -346,22 +337,6 @@ func findSchemaByType(ctx context.Context, doc *openapi3.T, typeName string) (*o
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Log available schema names and x-jsonld.@type values to help diagnose the mismatch
-	available := make([]string, 0, len(doc.Components.Schemas))
-	for name, schema := range doc.Components.Schemas {
-		entry := name
-		if schema.Value != nil {
-			if xJsonld, ok := schema.Value.Extensions["x-jsonld"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-				if atType, ok := xJsonld["@type"].(string); ok {
-					entry = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x-jsonld.@type=%s)", name, atType)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		available = append(available, entry)
-	}
-	log.Errorf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("no schema found for @type: %s", typeName),
-		"Schema lookup failed — @type %q not matched by name or x-jsonld.@type. Available schemas: %v", typeName, available)
-
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no schema found for @type: %s", typeName)
 }
 
@@ -398,18 +373,9 @@ func (c *schemaCache) validateReferencedObject(
 	// Load schema with timeout (supports URL or local file)
 	doc, err := c.loadSchemaFromPath(ctx, schemaPath, ttl, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(ctx, err, "Failed to load schema for @type: %s from URL: %s (derived from @context: %s)",
-			obj.Type, schemaPath, obj.Context)
 		return fmt.Errorf("at %s: %w", obj.Path, err)
 	}
 
-	// Log doc structure to help diagnose schema-not-found issues
-	if doc.Components == nil || doc.Components.Schemas == nil {
-		log.Warnf(ctx, "Schema doc loaded from %s has no components.schemas — @type %s cannot be resolved", schemaPath, obj.Type)
-	} else {
-		log.Debugf(ctx, "Schema doc loaded from %s contains %d schema(s) in components", schemaPath, len(doc.Components.Schemas))
-	}
-
 	// Find schema by @type
 	schema, err := findSchemaByType(ctx, doc, obj.Type)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/schemav2validator.go b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/schemav2validator.go
index 9551561..f7050b7 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/schemav2validator.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/schemav2validator.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -157,27 +155,6 @@ func (v *schemav2Validator) initialise(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return v.loadSpec(ctx)
 }
 
-// readFromURI fetches a URL and returns its raw bytes.
-func readFromURI(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL) ([]byte, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, u.String(), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build request for %s: %w", u, err)
-	}
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch %s: %w", u, err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	data, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read body from %s: %w", u, err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf(ctx, "External ref resolved: %s (%d bytes, HTTP %d)", u, len(data), resp.StatusCode)
-	return data, nil
-}
-
 // loadSpec loads the OpenAPI spec from URL or local path.
 func (v *schemav2Validator) loadSpec(ctx context.Context) error {
 	loader := openapi3.NewLoader()
@@ -185,30 +162,6 @@ func (v *schemav2Validator) loadSpec(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Allow external references
 	loader.IsExternalRefsAllowed = true
 
-	// Log every URI kin-openapi resolves so we can trace the full $ref chain.
-	//
-	// Exception: json-schema.org meta-schema URLs are intercepted and short-
-	// circuited with an empty schema object. kin-openapi follows the $schema
-	// dialect URI declared in each Beckn schema file, which leads it deep into
-	// the JSON Schema 2020-12 meta-schema hierarchy. Those meta-schemas use
-	// boolean schemas (e.g. "additionalProperties": false, "items": false) that
-	// are valid JSON Schema but cannot be parsed by kin-openapi's OpenAPI Schema
-	// Object model. Since the meta-schemas carry no Beckn-specific content and
-	// are not used for validation, returning {} is safe and correct.
-	loader.ReadFromURIFunc = func(loader *openapi3.Loader, u *url.URL) ([]byte, error) {
-		if u.Host == "json-schema.org" {
-			log.Debugf(ctx, "Skipping json-schema.org meta-schema (not an OpenAPI schema): %s", u)
-			return []byte(`{}`), nil
-		}
-		log.Debugf(ctx, "Resolving external $ref: %s", u)
-		data, err := readFromURI(ctx, u)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf(ctx, err, "Failed to resolve external $ref: %s", u)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return data, nil
-	}
-
 	var doc *openapi3.T
 	var err error
 
@@ -232,10 +185,9 @@ func (v *schemav2Validator) loadSpec(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load OpenAPI document: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Validate spec — this also triggers resolution of all $refs including external ones.
-	// Log the error but treat as non-fatal to allow JSON Schema keywords not in OpenAPI 3.0.
+	// Validate spec (skip strict validation to allow JSON Schema keywords)
 	if err := doc.Validate(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(ctx, err, "Spec validation error (external refs may not have resolved): %v", err)
+		log.Debugf(ctx, "Spec validation warnings (non-fatal): %v", err)
 	} else {
 		log.Debugf(ctx, "Spec validation passed")
 	}
@@ -243,10 +195,6 @@ func (v *schemav2Validator) loadSpec(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Build action→schema index for O(1) lookup
 	actionSchemas := v.buildActionIndex(ctx, doc)
 
-	if len(actionSchemas) == 0 {
-		log.Errorf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("no actions indexed"), "No actions indexed from spec — external $refs may not have resolved. Check that IsExternalRefsAllowed=true and the referenced URLs are reachable and return valid YAML/JSON")
-	}
-
 	v.specMutex.Lock()
 	v.spec = &cachedSpec{
 		doc:           doc,