diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/.ps-rule/custom-rules.Rules.yaml b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/.ps-rule/custom-rules.Rules.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c3bb28aae8..0000000000
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/.ps-rule/custom-rules.Rules.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Synopsis: Use a zone or geo redundant storage account
-apiVersion: github.com/microsoft/PSRule/v1
-kind: Rule
-metadata:
-  name: 'Custom.Azure.Storage.UseReplication'
-spec:
-  type:
-  - Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts
-  condition:
-    anyOf:
-      - field: 'Sku.name'
-        contains: 'ZRS'
-      - field: 'Sku.name'
-        contains: 'GRS'
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/ps-rule.yaml b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/ps-rule.yaml
index 93adbe11ca..cedbb7630d 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/ps-rule.yaml
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/ps-rule.yaml
@@ -74,11 +74,10 @@ configuration:
 
 rule:
   # Enable custom rules that don't exist in the baseline
-  includeLocal: true
+  includeLocal: false
   exclude:
     # Ignore the following rules for all resources
     - Azure.KeyVault.PurgeProtect
     - Azure.VM.UseHybridUseBenefit
-    - Azure.Storage.UseReplication
     - Azure.AppConfig.PurgeProtect
     - Azure.APIM.MultiRegion # Team agreed this is too expensive for most use cases and is safe to ignore.