diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20145ac6..58ce85a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Remove INF log that showed a total count of CFs without scores assigned. This log caused a lot of
   confusion in support channels. You can still see a list of CFs without scores in the debug logs.
+- Relaxed validation rules for `trash_ids` and `quality_profiles` under `custom_formats`. Both of
+  these nodes may now be empty. This is mostly to make commenting out parts of configuration
+  templates easier.
 
 ## [5.4.2] - 2023-09-14
 
diff --git a/schemas/config/custom-formats.json b/schemas/config/custom-formats.json
index f51e98a2..6164fd42 100644
--- a/schemas/config/custom-formats.json
+++ b/schemas/config/custom-formats.json
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@
     "required": ["trash_ids"],
     "properties": {
       "trash_ids": {
-        "$ref": "trash-ids.json"
+        "type": ["null", "array"],
+        "description": "A list of one or more Trash IDs taken from the Trash Guide JSON files.",
+        "uniqueItems": true,
+        "items": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
       },
       "quality_profiles": {
-        "type": "array",
+        "type": ["null", "array"],
         "description": "One or more quality profiles to update with the scores from the specified custom formats.",
-        "minItems": 1,
         "items": {
           "properties": {
             "name": {
diff --git a/schemas/config/trash-ids.json b/schemas/config/trash-ids.json
index f4555f38..82dacda8 100644
--- a/schemas/config/trash-ids.json
+++ b/schemas/config/trash-ids.json
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
   "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/recyclarr/recyclarr/master/schemas/config/trash-ids.json",
   "type": "array",
-  "description": "A list of one or more Trash IDs taken from the Trash Guide Sonarr JSON files.",
+  "description": "A list of one or more Trash IDs taken from the Trash Guide JSON files.",
   "minItems": 1,
   "uniqueItems": true,
   "items": {
-    "trash_id": {
-      "type": "string",
-      "minLength": 32,
-      "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"
-    }
+    "type": "string"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Recyclarr.Cli/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhase.cs b/src/Recyclarr.Cli/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhase.cs
index 35d8b3a5..7f938540 100644
--- a/src/Recyclarr.Cli/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhase.cs
+++ b/src/Recyclarr.Cli/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhase.cs
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ public class QualityProfileConfigPhase
         // 2. For each quality profile score config in that CF group
         // 3. For each CF in the group above, match it to a Guide CF object and pair it with the quality profile config
         var profileAndCfs = config.CustomFormats
-            .Where(x => x.QualityProfiles.IsNotEmpty())
             .SelectMany(x => x.QualityProfiles
-                .Select(y => (Config: x, Profile: y)))
-            .SelectMany(x => x.Config.TrashIds
+                .Select(y => (Profile: y, x.TrashIds)))
+            .SelectMany(x => x.TrashIds
                 .Select(_cache.LookupByTrashId)
                 .NotNull()
                 .Select(y => (x.Profile, Cf: y)));
diff --git a/src/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config/Parsing/ConfigYamlDataObjectsValidation.cs b/src/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config/Parsing/ConfigYamlDataObjectsValidation.cs
index 15ff7213..74e64345 100644
--- a/src/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config/Parsing/ConfigYamlDataObjectsValidation.cs
+++ b/src/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config/Parsing/ConfigYamlDataObjectsValidation.cs
@@ -40,14 +40,7 @@ public class CustomFormatConfigYamlValidator : AbstractValidator<CustomFormatCon
 {
     public CustomFormatConfigYamlValidator()
     {
-        RuleFor(x => x.TrashIds).NotEmpty()
-            .When(x => x.TrashIds is not null)
-            .WithName("trash_ids")
-            .ForEach(x => x.Length(32).Matches(@"^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"));
-
-        RuleForEach(x => x.QualityProfiles).NotEmpty()
-            .When(x => x.QualityProfiles is not null)
-            .WithName("quality_profiles")
+        RuleForEach(x => x.QualityProfiles)
             .SetValidator(new QualityScoreConfigYamlValidator());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/Recyclarr.Cli.Tests/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhaseTest.cs b/src/tests/Recyclarr.Cli.Tests/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhaseTest.cs
index c7bb30f1..ac17634f 100644
--- a/src/tests/Recyclarr.Cli.Tests/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhaseTest.cs
+++ b/src/tests/Recyclarr.Cli.Tests/Pipelines/QualityProfile/PipelinePhases/QualityProfileConfigPhaseTest.cs
@@ -219,4 +219,49 @@ public class QualityProfileConfigPhaseTest
             },
             o => o.Excluding(x => x.ShouldCreate));
     }
+
+    [Test, AutoMockData]
+    public void Empty_trash_ids_list_is_ignored(
+        [Frozen] ProcessedCustomFormatCache cache,
+        QualityProfileConfigPhase sut)
+    {
+        var config = SetupCfs(new CustomFormatConfig
+        {
+            TrashIds = Array.Empty<string>(),
+            QualityProfiles = new List<QualityProfileScoreConfig>
+            {
+                new()
+                {
+                    Name = "test_profile",
+                    Score = 100
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        var result = sut.Execute(config);
+
+        result.Should().BeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Test, AutoMockData]
+    public void Empty_quality_profiles_is_ignored(
+        [Frozen] ProcessedCustomFormatCache cache,
+        QualityProfileConfigPhase sut)
+    {
+        cache.AddCustomFormats(new[]
+        {
+            NewCf.DataWithScore("", "id1", 101, 1),
+            NewCf.DataWithScore("", "id2", 201, 2)
+        });
+
+        var config = SetupCfs(new CustomFormatConfig
+        {
+            TrashIds = new[] {"id1", "id2"},
+            QualityProfiles = Array.Empty<QualityProfileScoreConfig>()
+        });
+
+        var result = sut.Execute(config);
+
+        result.Should().BeEmpty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config.Tests/YamlConfigValidatorTest.cs b/src/tests/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config.Tests/YamlConfigValidatorTest.cs
index 06ce208d..9ebc2f43 100644
--- a/src/tests/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config.Tests/YamlConfigValidatorTest.cs
+++ b/src/tests/Recyclarr.TrashLib.Config.Tests/YamlConfigValidatorTest.cs
@@ -144,39 +144,6 @@ public class YamlConfigValidatorTest : ConfigIntegrationFixture
 
     public static string FirstCf { get; } = $"{nameof(ServiceConfigYaml.CustomFormats)}[0].";
 
-    [Test]
-    public void Validation_failure_when_cf_trash_ids_empty()
-    {
-        var config = new ServiceConfigYaml
-        {
-            ApiKey = "valid",
-            BaseUrl = "http://valid",
-            CustomFormats = new List<CustomFormatConfigYaml>
-            {
-                new()
-                {
-                    TrashIds = Array.Empty<string>(),
-                    QualityProfiles = new List<QualityScoreConfigYaml>
-                    {
-                        new()
-                        {
-                            Name = "valid"
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            },
-            QualityDefinition = new QualitySizeConfigYaml
-            {
-                Type = "valid"
-            }
-        };
-
-        var validator = Resolve<ServiceConfigYamlValidator>();
-        var result = validator.TestValidate(config);
-
-        result.ShouldHaveValidationErrorFor(FirstCf + nameof(CustomFormatConfig.TrashIds));
-    }
-
     [Test]
     public void Validation_failure_when_quality_definition_type_empty()
     {