diff --git a/conf/mpcdf.config b/conf/mpcdf.config
index 3c2281f4f..d1c1f03e6 100644
--- a/conf/mpcdf.config
+++ b/conf/mpcdf.config
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ params {
     config_profile_url         = 'https://www.mpcdf.mpg.de/services/supercomputing'
 }
 
+validation {
+    ignoreParams = ['max_cpus', 'max_memory', 'max_time']
+}
+
 profiles {
 
     raven {