diff --git a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
index f5f8747..92c5ed0 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/implementation/schemav2validator/extended_schema.go
@@ -383,22 +383,12 @@ func (c *schemaCache) validateReferencedObject(
 		return fmt.Errorf("at %s: %w", obj.Path, err)
 	}
 
-	// Strip @context and @type only if the schema does not declare them as properties.
-	// Some schemas explicitly require these fields; stripping them in that case
-	// would cause a "missing required field" validation error.
-	schemaProps := schema.Value.Properties
-	_, contextInSchema := schemaProps["@context"]
-	_, typeInSchema := schemaProps["@type"]
-
-	domainData := make(map[string]interface{}, len(obj.Data))
+	// Strip JSON-LD metadata before validation
+	domainData := make(map[string]interface{}, len(obj.Data)-2)
 	for k, v := range obj.Data {
-		if k == "@context" && !contextInSchema {
-			continue
+		if k != "@context" && k != "@type" {
+			domainData[k] = v
 		}
-		if k == "@type" && !typeInSchema {
-			continue
-		}
-		domainData[k] = v
 	}
 
 	// Validate domain-specific data against schema