diff --git a/internal/terraform/context_apply2_test.go b/internal/terraform/context_apply2_test.go
index 55eca3b9fa..11db793140 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/context_apply2_test.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/context_apply2_test.go
@@ -2163,6 +2163,86 @@ import {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestContext2Apply_destroySkipsVariableValidations(t *testing.T) {
+	m := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{
+		"main.tf": `
+variable "input" {
+	type = string
+
+	validation {
+        condition = var.input == "foo"
+        error_message = "bad input"
+    }
+}
+
+resource "test_object" "a" {
+	test_string = var.input
+}
+`,
+	})
+
+	p := simpleMockProvider()
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Providers: map[addrs.Provider]providers.Factory{
+			addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+	})
+
+	plan, diags := ctx.Plan(m, states.BuildState(func(state *states.SyncState) {
+		state.SetResourceInstanceCurrent(
+			mustResourceInstanceAddr("test_object.a"),
+			&states.ResourceInstanceObjectSrc{
+				Status:    states.ObjectReady,
+				AttrsJSON: []byte(`{"test_string":"foo"}`),
+			},
+			mustProviderConfig(`provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]`),
+		)
+	}), &PlanOpts{
+		Mode: plans.DestroyMode,
+		SetVariables: InputValues{
+			"input": {
+				Value:       cty.StringVal("foo"),
+				SourceType:  ValueFromCLIArg,
+				SourceRange: tfdiags.SourceRange{},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if diags.HasErrors() {
+		t.Errorf("expected no errors, but got %s", diags)
+	}
+
+	planResult := plan.Checks.GetObjectResult(addrs.AbsInputVariableInstance{
+		Variable: addrs.InputVariable{
+			Name: "input",
+		},
+		Module: addrs.RootModuleInstance,
+	})
+
+	if planResult.Status != checks.StatusPass {
+		// Should have passed during the planning stage indicating that it did
+		// actually execute.
+		t.Errorf("expected checks to be pass but was %s", planResult.Status)
+	}
+
+	state, diags := ctx.Apply(plan, m)
+	if diags.HasErrors() {
+		t.Errorf("expected no errors, but got %s", diags)
+	}
+
+	applyResult := state.CheckResults.GetObjectResult(addrs.AbsInputVariableInstance{
+		Variable: addrs.InputVariable{
+			Name: "input",
+		},
+		Module: addrs.RootModuleInstance,
+	})
+
+	if applyResult.Status != checks.StatusUnknown {
+		// Shouldn't have made any validations here, so result should have
+		// stayed as unknown.
+		t.Errorf("expected checks to be unknown but was %s", applyResult.Status)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestContext2Apply_noExternalReferences(t *testing.T) {
 	m := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{
 		"main.tf": `
diff --git a/internal/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go b/internal/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
index 26bf452b31..a331bf2be7 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
@@ -100,8 +100,15 @@ func (b *ApplyGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 		},
 
 		// Add dynamic values
-		&RootVariableTransformer{Config: b.Config, RawValues: b.RootVariableValues},
-		&ModuleVariableTransformer{Config: b.Config},
+		&RootVariableTransformer{
+			Config:       b.Config,
+			RawValues:    b.RootVariableValues,
+			DestroyApply: b.Operation == walkDestroy,
+		},
+		&ModuleVariableTransformer{
+			Config:       b.Config,
+			DestroyApply: b.Operation == walkDestroy,
+		},
 		&LocalTransformer{Config: b.Config},
 		&OutputTransformer{
 			Config:     b.Config,
diff --git a/internal/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go b/internal/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
index 042d3c525e..927be26117 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
@@ -128,8 +128,17 @@ func (b *PlanGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 		},
 
 		// Add dynamic values
-		&RootVariableTransformer{Config: b.Config, RawValues: b.RootVariableValues, Planning: true},
-		&ModuleVariableTransformer{Config: b.Config, Planning: true},
+		&RootVariableTransformer{
+			Config:       b.Config,
+			RawValues:    b.RootVariableValues,
+			Planning:     true,
+			DestroyApply: false, // always false for planning
+		},
+		&ModuleVariableTransformer{
+			Config:       b.Config,
+			Planning:     true,
+			DestroyApply: false, // always false for planning
+		},
 		&LocalTransformer{Config: b.Config},
 		&OutputTransformer{
 			Config:      b.Config,
diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_module_variable.go b/internal/terraform/node_module_variable.go
index d0c27cc6bc..7237fb84b3 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_module_variable.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_module_variable.go
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ type nodeExpandModuleVariable struct {
 	// Planning must be set to true when building a planning graph, and must be
 	// false when building an apply graph.
 	Planning bool
+
+	// DestroyApply must be set to true when planning or applying a destroy
+	// operation, and false otherwise.
+	DestroyApply bool
 }
 
 var (
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ func (n *nodeExpandModuleVariable) DynamicExpand(ctx EvalContext) (*Graph, tfdia
 			Config:         n.Config,
 			Expr:           n.Expr,
 			ModuleInstance: module,
+			DestroyApply:   n.DestroyApply,
 		}
 		g.Add(o)
 	}
@@ -140,6 +145,10 @@ type nodeModuleVariable struct {
 	// ModuleInstance in order to create the appropriate context for evaluating
 	// ModuleCallArguments, ex. so count.index and each.key can resolve
 	ModuleInstance addrs.ModuleInstance
+
+	// DestroyApply must be set to true when applying a destroy operation and
+	// false otherwise.
+	DestroyApply bool
 }
 
 // Ensure that we are implementing all of the interfaces we think we are
@@ -195,7 +204,14 @@ func (n *nodeModuleVariable) Execute(ctx EvalContext, op walkOperation) (diags t
 	_, call := n.Addr.Module.CallInstance()
 	ctx.SetModuleCallArgument(call, n.Addr.Variable, val)
 
-	return evalVariableValidations(n.Addr, n.Config, n.Expr, ctx)
+	// Skip evalVariableValidations during destroy operations. We still want
+	// to evaluate the variable in case it is used to initialise providers
+	// or something downstream but we don't need to report on the success
+	// or failure of any validations for destroy operations.
+	if !n.DestroyApply {
+		diags = diags.Append(evalVariableValidations(n.Addr, n.Config, n.Expr, ctx))
+	}
+	return diags
 }
 
 // dag.GraphNodeDotter impl.
diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_root_variable.go b/internal/terraform/node_root_variable.go
index 55498f468f..3152d8427d 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_root_variable.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_root_variable.go
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ type NodeRootVariable struct {
 	// Planning must be set to true when building a planning graph, and must be
 	// false when building an apply graph.
 	Planning bool
+
+	// DestroyApply must be set to true when applying a destroy operation and
+	// false otherwise.
+	DestroyApply bool
 }
 
 var (
@@ -109,13 +113,15 @@ func (n *NodeRootVariable) Execute(ctx EvalContext, op walkOperation) tfdiags.Di
 
 	ctx.SetRootModuleArgument(addr.Variable, finalVal)
 
-	moreDiags = evalVariableValidations(
-		addrs.RootModuleInstance.InputVariable(n.Addr.Name),
-		n.Config,
-		nil, // not set for root module variables
-		ctx,
-	)
-	diags = diags.Append(moreDiags)
+	if !n.DestroyApply {
+		diags = diags.Append(evalVariableValidations(
+			addrs.RootModuleInstance.InputVariable(n.Addr.Name),
+			n.Config,
+			nil, // not set for root module variables
+			ctx,
+		))
+	}
+
 	return diags
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/terraform/transform_module_variable.go b/internal/terraform/transform_module_variable.go
index ac3df7852a..6da5c4bc6e 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/transform_module_variable.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/transform_module_variable.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type ModuleVariableTransformer struct {
 	// Planning must be set to true when building a planning graph, and must be
 	// false when building an apply graph.
 	Planning bool
+
+	// DestroyApply must be set to true when applying a destroy operation and
+	// false otherwise.
+	DestroyApply bool
 }
 
 func (t *ModuleVariableTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
@@ -110,10 +114,11 @@ func (t *ModuleVariableTransformer) transformSingle(g *Graph, parent, c *configs
 			Addr: addrs.InputVariable{
 				Name: v.Name,
 			},
-			Module:   c.Path,
-			Config:   v,
-			Expr:     expr,
-			Planning: t.Planning,
+			Module:       c.Path,
+			Config:       v,
+			Expr:         expr,
+			Planning:     t.Planning,
+			DestroyApply: t.DestroyApply,
 		}
 		g.Add(node)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/terraform/transform_variable.go b/internal/terraform/transform_variable.go
index 15d183354f..2d9365d5fe 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/transform_variable.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/transform_variable.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ type RootVariableTransformer struct {
 	// Planning must be set to true when building a planning graph, and must be
 	// false when building an apply graph.
 	Planning bool
+
+	// DestroyApply must be set to true when applying a destroy operation and
+	// false otherwise.
+	DestroyApply bool
 }
 
 func (t *RootVariableTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
@@ -40,9 +44,10 @@ func (t *RootVariableTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
 			Addr: addrs.InputVariable{
 				Name: v.Name,
 			},
-			Config:   v,
-			RawValue: t.RawValues[v.Name],
-			Planning: t.Planning,
+			Config:       v,
+			RawValue:     t.RawValues[v.Name],
+			Planning:     t.Planning,
+			DestroyApply: t.DestroyApply,
 		}
 		g.Add(node)
 	}