diff --git a/core/modules/media_library/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MediaLibraryWidget.php b/core/modules/media_library/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MediaLibraryWidget.php
index 1f91c19a9a..0101af01e4 100644
--- a/core/modules/media_library/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MediaLibraryWidget.php
+++ b/core/modules/media_library/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MediaLibraryWidget.php
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ public function formElement(FieldItemListInterface $items, $delta, array $elemen
       '#attached' => [
         'library' => ['media_library/widget'],
       ],
-      '#element_validate' => [[static::class, 'validateMediaWidget']],
     ];
 
     // When the list of allowed types in the field configuration is null,
@@ -548,12 +547,11 @@ public function formElement(FieldItemListInterface $items, $delta, array $elemen
       ],
       '#validate' => [[static::class, 'validateItems']],
       '#submit' => [[static::class, 'addItems']],
-      // If no media has been uploaded ($referenced_entities), suppress
-      // validation errors in the widget entirely. This prevents the
-      // widget-level validation from triggering required fields errors before
-      // media has been uploaded.
-      // If media is present, check for errors within this widget, but suppress
-      // errors in all other widgets.
+      // We need to prevent the widget from being validated when no media items
+      // are selected. When a media field is added in a subform, entity
+      // validation is triggered in EntityFormDisplay::validateFormValues().
+      // Since the media item is not added to the form yet, this triggers errors
+      // for required media fields.
       '#limit_validation_errors' => !empty($referenced_entities) ? $limit_validation_errors : [],
 
     ];
@@ -757,55 +755,6 @@ public static function openMediaLibrary(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_st
       ->addCommand(new OpenModalDialogCommand($dialog_options['title'], $library_ui, $dialog_options));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Validation checks specific to the Media Library widget in a parent form.
-   *
-   * @param array $element
-   *   The form element.
-   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
-   *   The form state.
-   * @param array $form
-   *   The form array.
-   */
-  public static function validateMediaWidget(array $element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array $form) {
-    // If a remove button triggered submit, this validation isn't needed.
-    if (in_array([static::class, 'removeItem'], $form_state->getSubmitHandlers(), TRUE)) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    $media = static::getNewMediaItems($element, $form_state);
-
-    // Trigger error if the field is required and no media is present.
-    // Although the Form API's default validation would also catch this, the
-    // validation error message is too vague, so a more precise one is
-    // provided here.
-    $selection_count = !empty($element['selection']) ? count(Element::children($element['selection'])) : 0;
-    if (empty($media) && $selection_count === 0 && !empty($element['#required'])) {
-      $form_state->setError($element, new TranslatableMarkup('The field @name requires an item from the media library.',
-        ['@name' => $element['#title']]));
-      return;
-    }
-
-    $field_state = static::getFieldState($element, $form_state);
-
-    // After media is uploaded, validation of this field occurs on the widget
-    // level (the validation in this method). The field is then additionally
-    // validated by rules applied at the parent form level.
-    // The validation from the parent form can occur before uploaded media is
-    // added to the field. This can result in a validation error due to the
-    // parent form assuming the presence of media before it's been transferred
-    // to the field. To avoid this error, newly added media is added to the
-    // field prior to parent form validation.
-    if (count($field_state['items']) === 0 && !empty($media)) {
-      $media_target_ids = array_map(function ($media_item) {
-        return $media_item->access('view') ? ['target_id' => $media_item->id()] : NULL;
-      }, $media);
-      $field_state['items'] = array_filter($media_target_ids);
-
-      static::setFieldState($element, $form_state, $field_state);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Validates that newly selected items can be added to the widget.
    *
@@ -895,8 +844,11 @@ public static function addItems(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    *   An array of selected media items.
    */
   protected static function getNewMediaItems(array $element, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    // Get the new media IDs passed to our hidden button.
-    $values = $form_state->getValues();
+    // Get the new media IDs passed to our hidden button. We need to use the
+    // actual user input, since when #limit_validation_errors is used, the
+    // unvalidated user input is not added to the form state.
+    // @see FormValidator::handleErrorsWithLimitedValidation()
+    $values = $form_state->getUserInput();
     $path = $element['#parents'];
     $value = NestedArray::getValue($values, $path);
 
@@ -928,7 +880,10 @@ protected static function getNewMediaItems(array $element, FormStateInterface $f
   protected static function getFieldState(array $element, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     // Default to using the current selection if the form is new.
     $path = $element['#parents'];
-    $values = NestedArray::getValue($form_state->getValues(), $path);
+    // We need to use the actual user input, since when #limit_validation_errors
+    // is used, the unvalidated user input is not added to the form state.
+    // @see FormValidator::handleErrorsWithLimitedValidation()
+    $values = NestedArray::getValue($form_state->getUserInput(), $path);
     $selection = isset($values['selection']) ? $values['selection'] : [];
 
     $widget_state = static::getWidgetState($element['#field_parents'], $element['#field_name'], $form_state);