diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
index 2c6d66bdd7..de7835e0d5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             }
 
             //now let the external validators execute
-            EditorValidationResolver.Current.Validate(contentTypeSave, new EditorValidationErrors((key, msg) => ModelState.AddModelError(key, msg)));
+            ValidationHelper.ValidateEditorModelWithResolver(ModelState, contentTypeSave);
 
             if (ModelState.IsValid == false)
             {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationErrors.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationErrors.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 95e5d8590a..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationErrors.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Used to encapsulate ModelStateDictionary, but because there are 2x this (mvc and webapi), this
-    /// is just a simple way to have one object for both
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class EditorValidationErrors
-    {
-        private readonly Action<string, string> _addModelError;
-
-        public EditorValidationErrors(Action<string, string> addModelError)
-        {
-            _addModelError = addModelError;
-        }
-
-        public void AddModelError(string key, string message)
-        {
-            _addModelError(key, message);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationResolver.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationResolver.cs
index c4c5902518..d0c5edf5af 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidationResolver.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Linq;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.ObjectResolution;
 
@@ -18,12 +20,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             get { return Values; }
         }
 
-        public void Validate(object model, EditorValidationErrors editorValidations)
+        public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(object model)
         {
-            foreach (var validator in EditorValidators.Where(x => x.GetType() == x.ModelType))
-            {
-                validator.Validate(model, editorValidations);
-            }
+            return EditorValidators
+                .Where(x => model.GetType() == x.ModelType)
+                .WhereNotNull()
+                .SelectMany(x => x.Validate(model));
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidator.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidator.cs
index 21698bd53f..d123838f52 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/EditorValidator.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
@@ -9,6 +11,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             get { return typeof (T); }
         }
 
-        public abstract void Validate(object model, EditorValidationErrors editorValidations);
+        protected abstract IEnumerable<ValidationResult> PerformValidate(T model);
+
+        public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(object model)
+        {
+            return PerformValidate((T) model);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IEditorValidator.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IEditorValidator.cs
index 318564b1d9..e1d4e68ed2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IEditorValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IEditorValidator.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
     internal interface IEditorValidator
     {
         Type ModelType { get; }
-        void Validate(object model, EditorValidationErrors editorValidations);
+        IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(object model);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ValidationHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ValidationHelper.cs
index 06699c56af..e1633fa6bf 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ValidationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ValidationHelper.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Http.ModelBinding;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Validation;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
 
@@ -10,6 +11,21 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
     internal class ValidationHelper
     {
+        internal static void ValidateEditorModelWithResolver(ModelStateDictionary modelState, object model)
+        {
+            var validationResult = EditorValidationResolver.Current.Validate(model);
+            foreach (var vr in validationResult
+                .WhereNotNull()
+                .Where(x => x.ErrorMessage.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() == false)
+                .Where(x => x.MemberNames.Any()))
+            {
+                foreach (var memberName in vr.MemberNames)
+                {
+                    modelState.AddModelError(memberName, vr.ErrorMessage);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This will check if any properties of the model are attributed with the RequiredForPersistenceAttribute attribute and if they are it will 
         /// check if that property validates, if it doesn't it means that the current model cannot be persisted because it doesn't have the necessary information
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index b9d0be3dec..67af0ee515 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@
     <Compile Include="AreaRegistrationContextExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BatchedDatabaseServerMessengerStartup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Editors\EditorValidationErrors.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\EditorValidationResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\EditorValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\IEditorValidator.cs" />