diff --git a/tools/nodepool-validate.sh b/tools/nodepool-validate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ea38c7da84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/nodepool-validate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+for n in nodepool/n*.yaml ; do
+    nodepool -c $n config-validate
+done
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 08d040c813..964f3dd53e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ commands = env ELEMENTS_DIR=elements dib-lint
 
 [testenv:nodepool]
 commands =
-  nodepool -c {toxinidir}/nodepool/nodepool.yaml config-validate
-  nodepool -c {toxinidir}/nodepool/nl01.openstack.org.yaml config-validate
-  nodepool -c {toxinidir}/nodepool/nl02.openstack.org.yaml config-validate
+  {toxinidir}/tools/nodepool-validate.sh
 
 [testenv:add-projects-to-main]
 basepython = python3