diff --git a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/config.go b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/config.go
index 4e5897c3b0a4e..460f7725aa41c 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/config.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/config.go
@@ -73,14 +73,6 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Build will build a file input operator from the supplied configuration
 func (c Config) Build(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, emit EmitFunc) (*Manager, error) {
-	if c.DeleteAfterRead && !allowFileDeletion.IsEnabled() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("`delete_after_read` requires feature gate `%s`", allowFileDeletion.ID())
-	}
-
-	if c.Header != nil && !AllowHeaderMetadataParsing.IsEnabled() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("`header` requires feature gate `%s`", AllowHeaderMetadataParsing.ID())
-	}
-
 	if err := c.validate(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -95,8 +87,7 @@ func (c Config) Build(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, emit EmitFunc) (*Manager, error
 }
 
 // BuildWithSplitFunc will build a file input operator with customized splitFunc function
-func (c Config) BuildWithSplitFunc(
-	logger *zap.SugaredLogger, emit EmitFunc, splitFunc bufio.SplitFunc) (*Manager, error) {
+func (c Config) BuildWithSplitFunc(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, emit EmitFunc, splitFunc bufio.SplitFunc) (*Manager, error) {
 	if err := c.validate(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -168,6 +159,14 @@ func (c Config) buildManager(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, emit EmitFunc, factory s
 }
 
 func (c Config) validate() error {
+	if c.DeleteAfterRead && !allowFileDeletion.IsEnabled() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("`delete_after_read` requires feature gate `%s`", allowFileDeletion.ID())
+	}
+
+	if c.Header != nil && !AllowHeaderMetadataParsing.IsEnabled() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("`header` requires feature gate `%s`", AllowHeaderMetadataParsing.ID())
+	}
+
 	if len(c.Include) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("required argument `include` is empty")
 	}