diff --git a/component/componenttest/nop_receiver.go b/component/componenttest/nop_receiver.go
index 1db938a0722..3bc2993fdf4 100644
--- a/component/componenttest/nop_receiver.go
+++ b/component/componenttest/nop_receiver.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package componenttest
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenthelper"
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ func (f *nopReceiverFactory) Type() config.Type {
 	return "nop"
 }
 
+// TODO: Consider to remove this or move it to configtest.
 type NopConfig struct {
 	config.ReceiverSettings
 }
 
 func (nc *NopConfig) Validate() error {
 	if nc.TypeVal != "nop" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid receiver config")
+		return errors.New("invalid receiver config")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d158a9fd81f..6a610b91926 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Service
 }
 
+var _ validatable = (*Config)(nil)
+
 // Validate returns an error if the config is invalid.
 //
 // This function performs basic validation of configuration. There may be more subtle
@@ -61,6 +63,13 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 		return errMissingReceivers
 	}
 
+	// Validate the receiver configuration.
+	for recv, recvCfg := range cfg.Receivers {
+		if err := recvCfg.Validate(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("receiver \"%s\" has invalid configuration: %w", recv, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Currently there is no default exporter enabled.
 	// The configuration must specify at least one exporter to be valid.
 	if len(cfg.Exporters) == 0 {
@@ -108,13 +117,6 @@ func (cfg *Config) validateServicePipelines() error {
 			if cfg.Receivers[ref] == nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("pipeline %q references receiver %q which does not exist", pipeline.Name, ref)
 			}
-
-			// Validate the receiver configuration by the custom configuration validator
-			recCfg := cfg.Receivers[ref]
-			if err := recCfg.Validate(); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pipeline %q references receiver %q which has invalid configuration with error: %v", pipeline.Name, ref, err)
-			}
-
 		}
 
 		// Validate pipeline processor name references
@@ -160,6 +162,12 @@ type NamedEntity interface {
 	SetName(name string)
 }
 
+// validatable defines the interface for the configuration validation.
+type validatable interface {
+	// Validate validates the configuration and returns an error if invalid.
+	Validate() error
+}
+
 // DataType is the data type that is supported for collection. We currently support
 // collecting metrics, traces and logs, this can expand in the future.
 type DataType string
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 2909ccdcec8..aa477fcb112 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-type NopConfig struct {
+var errInvalidConfig = errors.New("invalid receiver config")
+
+type nopConfig struct {
 	ReceiverSettings
 }
 
-func (nc *NopConfig) Validate() error {
+func (nc *nopConfig) Validate() error {
 	if nc.TypeVal != "nop" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid receiver config")
+		return errInvalidConfig
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -134,14 +136,14 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "invalid-receiver-config",
 			cfgFn: func() *Config {
 				cfg := generateConfig()
-				cfg.Receivers["nop"] = &NopConfig{
+				cfg.Receivers["nop"] = &nopConfig{
 					ReceiverSettings: ReceiverSettings{
 						TypeVal: "invalid_rec_type",
 					},
 				}
 				return cfg
 			},
-			expected: fmt.Errorf(`pipeline "traces" references receiver "nop" which has invalid configuration with error: invalid receiver config`),
+			expected: fmt.Errorf(`receiver "nop" has invalid configuration: %w`, errInvalidConfig),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 func generateConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
 		Receivers: map[string]Receiver{
-			"nop": &NopConfig{
+			"nop": &nopConfig{
 				ReceiverSettings: ReceiverSettings{
 					TypeVal: "nop",
 				},
diff --git a/config/receiver.go b/config/receiver.go
index 404baa47fce..95e530cac93 100644
--- a/config/receiver.go
+++ b/config/receiver.go
@@ -16,27 +16,12 @@ package config
 
 // Receiver is the configuration of a receiver. Specific receivers must implement this
 // interface and will typically embed ReceiverSettings struct or a struct that extends it.
-// Embedded CustomConfigOptions will force each receiver to implement Validate() function
+// Embedded validatable will force each receiver to implement Validate() function
 type Receiver interface {
 	NamedEntity
-	CustomConfigOptions
+	validatable
 }
 
-// CustomConfigOptions defines the interfaces for configuration customization options
-// Different custom interfaces can be added like CustomConfigValidator and any other interface.
-type CustomConfigOptions interface {
-	CustomConfigValidator
-}
-
-// CustomConfigValidator defines the interface for the custom configuration validation on each component
-type CustomConfigValidator interface {
-	Validate() error
-}
-
-// CustomValidator is a function that runs the customized validation
-// on component level configuration.
-type CustomValidator func() error
-
 // Receivers is a map of names to Receivers.
 type Receivers map[string]Receiver
 
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/config.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/config.go
index 6d209e885c3..60de4618d96 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Scrapers                                map[string]internal.Config `mapstructure:"-"`
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/config.go b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/config.go
index 2902425621b..645b510d035 100644
--- a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/config.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RemoteSampling          *RemoteSamplingConfig `mapstructure:"remote_sampling"`
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
index 2c6192a6d6c..ec8f368ea37 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Authentication kafkaexporter.Authentication `mapstructure:"auth"`
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/opencensusreceiver/config.go b/receiver/opencensusreceiver/config.go
index 0e24b4f0b66..be372c67c78 100644
--- a/receiver/opencensusreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/opencensusreceiver/config.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) buildOptions() ([]ocOption, error) {
 	return opts, nil
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/config.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/config.go
index 374ed6d03ea..a321458a8af 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Protocols `mapstructure:"protocols"`
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/config.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/config.go
index d64b545ea3d..210df77970f 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/config.go
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ package prometheusreceiver
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
+	promconfig "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 
-	config2 "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 )
 
 // Config defines configuration for Prometheus receiver.
 type Config struct {
-	config2.ReceiverSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
-	PrometheusConfig         *config.Config `mapstructure:"-"`
-	BufferPeriod             time.Duration  `mapstructure:"buffer_period"`
-	BufferCount              int            `mapstructure:"buffer_count"`
-	UseStartTimeMetric       bool           `mapstructure:"use_start_time_metric"`
-	StartTimeMetricRegex     string         `mapstructure:"start_time_metric_regex"`
+	config.ReceiverSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	PrometheusConfig        *promconfig.Config `mapstructure:"-"`
+	BufferPeriod            time.Duration      `mapstructure:"buffer_period"`
+	BufferCount             int                `mapstructure:"buffer_count"`
+	UseStartTimeMetric      bool               `mapstructure:"use_start_time_metric"`
+	StartTimeMetricRegex    string             `mapstructure:"start_time_metric_regex"`
 
 	// ConfigPlaceholder is just an entry to make the configuration pass a check
 	// that requires that all keys present in the config actually exist on the
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ConfigPlaceholder interface{} `mapstructure:"config"`
 }
 
-var _ config2.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/receiver/receiverhelper/factory_test.go b/receiver/receiverhelper/factory_test.go
index 817c8b5300f..d28db0e2177 100644
--- a/receiver/receiverhelper/factory_test.go
+++ b/receiver/receiverhelper/factory_test.go
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ func TestNewFactory(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, defaultCfg, factory.CreateDefaultConfig())
 	_, ok := factory.(component.ConfigUnmarshaler)
 	assert.False(t, ok)
-	_, err := factory.CreateTracesReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err := factory.CreateTracesReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
-	_, err = factory.CreateMetricsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err = factory.CreateMetricsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
-	_, err = factory.CreateLogsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err = factory.CreateLogsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ func TestNewFactory_WithConstructors(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, errors.New("my error"), fu.Unmarshal(nil, nil))
 
-	_, err := factory.CreateTracesReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err := factory.CreateTracesReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = factory.CreateMetricsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err = factory.CreateMetricsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = factory.CreateLogsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, defaultCfg, nil)
+	_, err = factory.CreateLogsReceiver(context.Background(), component.ReceiverCreateParams{}, factory.CreateDefaultConfig(), nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/zipkinreceiver/config.go b/receiver/zipkinreceiver/config.go
index 3762dafc4a1..0739ce34962 100644
--- a/receiver/zipkinreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/zipkinreceiver/config.go
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// If enabled the zipkin receiver will attempt to parse string tags/binary annotations into int/bool/float.
 	// Disabled by default
 	ParseStringTags bool `mapstructure:"parse_string_tags"`
-
-	config.CustomConfigOptions
 }
 
-var _ config.CustomConfigOptions = (*Config)(nil)
+var _ config.Receiver = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks the receiver configuration is valid
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/service/internal/builder/factories_test.go b/service/internal/builder/factories_test.go
index c8ed32696fd..f25a375feb9 100644
--- a/service/internal/builder/factories_test.go
+++ b/service/internal/builder/factories_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+	componenttest "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensionhelper"
diff --git a/service/internal/builder/receivers_builder_test.go b/service/internal/builder/receivers_builder_test.go
index 1cef5027c13..425f889fa7b 100644
--- a/service/internal/builder/receivers_builder_test.go
+++ b/service/internal/builder/receivers_builder_test.go
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ func TestBuildReceivers_BuildCustom(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBuildReceivers_StartAll(t *testing.T) {
 	receivers := make(Receivers)
-	rcvCfg := &componenttest.NopConfig{}
-
+	rcvCfg := &testcomponents.ExampleReceiver{}
 	receiver := &testcomponents.ExampleReceiverProducer{}
 
 	receivers[rcvCfg] = &builtReceiver{
@@ -279,8 +278,7 @@ func TestBuildReceivers_StartAll(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBuildReceivers_StopAll(t *testing.T) {
 	receivers := make(Receivers)
-	rcvCfg := &componenttest.NopConfig{}
-
+	rcvCfg := &testcomponents.ExampleReceiver{}
 	receiver := &testcomponents.ExampleReceiverProducer{}
 
 	receivers[rcvCfg] = &builtReceiver{