diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/build-config-chain.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/build-config-chain.js
index 9f8f17e574..53d4e88fa3 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/config/build-config-chain.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/build-config-chain.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   type PluginItem,
   type PluginList,
   type IgnoreList,
-} from "./options";
+} from "./validation/options";
 
 const debug = buildDebug("babel:config:config-chain");
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/index.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/index.js
index e988ed02da..0bdd1184bb 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/config/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import type Plugin from "./plugin";
 import manageOptions from "./option-manager";
 
-export type { InputOptions } from "./options";
+export type { InputOptions } from "./validation/options";
 
 export type ResolvedConfig = {
   options: Object,
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/option-manager.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/option-manager.js
index c25c037905..37e54aa879 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/config/option-manager.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/option-manager.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import path from "path";
 import * as context from "../index";
-import Plugin, { validatePluginObject } from "./plugin";
+import Plugin from "./plugin";
 import merge from "lodash/merge";
 import {
   buildRootChain,
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import traverse from "@babel/traverse";
 import clone from "lodash/clone";
 import { makeWeakCache, type CacheConfigurator } from "./caching";
 import { getEnv } from "./helpers/environment";
-import { validate } from "./options";
+import { validate } from "./validation/options";
+import { validatePluginObject } from "./validation/plugins";
 
 export default function manageOptions(inputOpts: {}): {
   options: Object,
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/plugin.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/plugin.js
index 97b1364777..6da0fe6360 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/config/plugin.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/plugin.js
@@ -1,100 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import {
-  assertString,
-  assertFunction,
-  assertObject,
-  type ValidatorSet,
-  type Validator,
-} from "./option-assertions";
-
-// Note: The casts here are just meant to be static assertions to make sure
-// that the assertion functions actually assert that the value's type matches
-// the declared types.
-const VALIDATORS: ValidatorSet = {
-  name: (assertString: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "name">>),
-  manipulateOptions: (assertFunction: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "manipulateOptions">,
-  >),
-  pre: (assertFunction: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "pre">>),
-  post: (assertFunction: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "post">>),
-  inherits: (assertFunction: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "inherits">,
-  >),
-  visitor: (assertVisitorMap: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "visitor">,
-  >),
-
-  parserOverride: (assertFunction: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "parserOverride">,
-  >),
-  generatorOverride: (assertFunction: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "generatorOverride">,
-  >),
-};
-
-function assertVisitorMap(key: string, value: mixed): VisitorMap {
-  const obj = assertObject(key, value);
-  if (obj) {
-    Object.keys(obj).forEach(prop => assertVisitorHandler(prop, obj[prop]));
-
-    if (obj.enter || obj.exit) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `.${key} cannot contain catch-all "enter" or "exit" handlers. Please target individual nodes.`,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-  return (obj: any);
-}
-
-function assertVisitorHandler(
-  key: string,
-  value: mixed,
-): VisitorHandler | void {
-  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
-    Object.keys(value).forEach(handler => {
-      if (handler !== "enter" && handler !== "exit") {
-        throw new Error(
-          `.visitor["${key}"] may only have .enter and/or .exit handlers.`,
-        );
-      }
-    });
-  } else if (typeof value !== "function") {
-    throw new Error(`.visitor["${key}"] must be a function`);
-  }
-
-  return (value: any);
-}
-
-type VisitorHandler = Function | { enter?: Function, exit?: Function };
-export type VisitorMap = {
-  [string]: VisitorHandler,
-};
-
-export type PluginObject = {
-  name?: string,
-  manipulateOptions?: Function,
-
-  pre?: Function,
-  post?: Function,
-
-  inherits?: Function,
-  visitor?: VisitorMap,
-
-  parserOverride?: Function,
-  generatorOverride?: Function,
-};
-
-export function validatePluginObject(obj: {}): PluginObject {
-  Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
-    const validator = VALIDATORS[key];
-
-    if (validator) validator(key, obj[key]);
-    else throw new Error(`.${key} is not a valid Plugin property`);
-  });
-
-  return (obj: any);
-}
+import type { PluginObject } from "./validation/plugins";
 
 export default class Plugin {
   key: ?string;
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/option-assertions.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/option-assertions.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/config/option-assertions.js
rename to packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/option-assertions.js
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/options.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/options.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/config/options.js
rename to packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/options.js
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/plugins.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7800de965e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import {
+  assertString,
+  assertFunction,
+  assertObject,
+  type ValidatorSet,
+  type Validator,
+} from "./option-assertions";
+
+// Note: The casts here are just meant to be static assertions to make sure
+// that the assertion functions actually assert that the value's type matches
+// the declared types.
+const VALIDATORS: ValidatorSet = {
+  name: (assertString: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "name">>),
+  manipulateOptions: (assertFunction: Validator<
+    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "manipulateOptions">,
+  >),
+  pre: (assertFunction: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "pre">>),
+  post: (assertFunction: Validator<$PropertyType<PluginObject, "post">>),
+  inherits: (assertFunction: Validator<
+    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "inherits">,
+  >),
+  visitor: (assertVisitorMap: Validator<
+    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "visitor">,
+  >),
+
+  parserOverride: (assertFunction: Validator<
+    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "parserOverride">,
+  >),
+  generatorOverride: (assertFunction: Validator<
+    $PropertyType<PluginObject, "generatorOverride">,
+  >),
+};
+
+function assertVisitorMap(key: string, value: mixed): VisitorMap {
+  const obj = assertObject(key, value);
+  if (obj) {
+    Object.keys(obj).forEach(prop => assertVisitorHandler(prop, obj[prop]));
+
+    if (obj.enter || obj.exit) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `.${key} cannot contain catch-all "enter" or "exit" handlers. Please target individual nodes.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return (obj: any);
+}
+
+function assertVisitorHandler(
+  key: string,
+  value: mixed,
+): VisitorHandler | void {
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    Object.keys(value).forEach(handler => {
+      if (handler !== "enter" && handler !== "exit") {
+        throw new Error(
+          `.visitor["${key}"] may only have .enter and/or .exit handlers.`,
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  } else if (typeof value !== "function") {
+    throw new Error(`.visitor["${key}"] must be a function`);
+  }
+
+  return (value: any);
+}
+
+type VisitorHandler = Function | { enter?: Function, exit?: Function };
+export type VisitorMap = {
+  [string]: VisitorHandler,
+};
+
+export type PluginObject = {
+  name?: string,
+  manipulateOptions?: Function,
+
+  pre?: Function,
+  post?: Function,
+
+  inherits?: Function,
+  visitor?: VisitorMap,
+
+  parserOverride?: Function,
+  generatorOverride?: Function,
+};
+
+export function validatePluginObject(obj: {}): PluginObject {
+  Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
+    const validator = VALIDATORS[key];
+
+    if (validator) validator(key, obj[key]);
+    else throw new Error(`.${key} is not a valid Plugin property`);
+  });
+
+  return (obj: any);
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/removed.js b/packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/removed.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/config/removed.js
rename to packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/removed.js