diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 50b0fd8..f357e84 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ import { resolveV3Document } from './v3/parser';
 export default async function bundle(files: string[], options: any = {}) {
   if (typeof options.base !== 'undefined') {
     options.base = toJS(options.base);
-    await parse(options.base);
+    await parse(options.base, options);
   }
 
   const parsedJsons = files.map(file => toJS(file)) as AsyncAPIObject[];
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@ export default async function bundle(files: string[], options: any = {}) {
   let resolvedJsons;
 
   if (majorVersion === 3) {
-    resolvedJsons = await resolveV3Document(parsedJsons);
+    resolvedJsons = await resolveV3Document(parsedJsons, options);
   } else {
     /**
      * Bundle all external references for each file.
      * @private
      */
-    resolvedJsons = await resolve(parsedJsons, {
-      referenceIntoComponents: options.referenceIntoComponents,
-    });
+    resolvedJsons = await resolve(parsedJsons, options);
   }
 
   return new Document(resolvedJsons as AsyncAPIObject[], options.base);
diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index 7f122be..f4d23d0 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -11,37 +11,44 @@ const parser = new Parser();
  * @param {Object[]} JSONSchema
  * @private
  */
-export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject) {
+export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject, options: any = {}) {
+  let validationResult: any[] = [];
   addXOrigins(JSONSchema);
 
   const dereferencedJSONSchema = await $RefParser.dereference(JSONSchema, {
     dereference: {
       circular: false,
-      // excludedPathMatcher: (path: string): boolean => {
-      //   return (
-      //     // prettier-ignore
-      //     !!(/#\/channels\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/servers/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/channel/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/messages/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/channel/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/messages/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/components\/channels\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/servers/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/channel/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/messages/).exec(path) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/channel/).exec(
-      //       path
-      //     ) ||
-      //     !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/messages/).exec(
-      //       path
-      //     )
-      //   );
-      // },
+      excludedPathMatcher: (path: string): boolean => {
+        return (
+          // prettier-ignore
+          !!(/#\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*/).exec(path)// ||
+          // !!(/#\/channels\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/servers/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/channel/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/messages/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/channel/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/messages/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/components\/channels\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/servers/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/channel/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/messages/).exec(path) ||
+          // !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/channel/).exec(
+          //   path
+          // ) ||
+          // !!(/#\/components\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/reply\/messages/).exec(
+          //   path
+          // )
+        );
+      },
     },
   });
 
-  const result = await parser.validate(
-    JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dereferencedJSONSchema))
-  );
+  // Option `noValidation: true` is used by the testing system, which
+  // intentionally feeds Bundler wrong AsyncAPI Documents, thus it is not
+  // documented.
+  if (!options.noValidation) {
+    validationResult = await parser.validate(
+      JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dereferencedJSONSchema))
+    );
+  }
 
   // If Parser's `validate()` function returns a non-empty array with at least
   // one `severity: 0`, that means there was at least one error during
@@ -49,15 +56,15 @@ export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject) {
   // elements with `severity: 0` are outputted as a list of remarks, and the
   // program exits without doing anything further.
   if (
-    result.length !== 0 &&
-    result.map(element => element.severity).includes(0)
+    validationResult.length !== 0 &&
+    validationResult.map(element => element.severity).includes(0)
   ) {
     console.log(
       'Validation of the resulting AsyncAPI Document failed.\nList of remarks:\n',
-      result.filter(element => element.severity === 0)
+      validationResult.filter(element => element.severity === 0)
     );
     throw new Error();
   }
 
-  return result;
+  return dereferencedJSONSchema;
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 18efe47..637932c 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export const resolve = async (
       //   await parse(asyncapiDocument);
       // }
       addXOrigins(asyncapiDocument); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define
-      await parse(asyncapiDocument);
+      await parse(asyncapiDocument, options);
       // const bundledAsyncAPIDocument = await $RefParser.bundle(asyncapiDocument);
       docs.push(asyncapiDocument);
     }
diff --git a/src/v3/parser.ts b/src/v3/parser.ts
index 83192d1..ade2c82 100644
--- a/src/v3/parser.ts
+++ b/src/v3/parser.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { AsyncAPIObject } from 'spec-types';
 
 const parser = new Parser();
 
-export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject) {
+export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject, options: any = {}) {
+  let validationResult: any[] = [];
+
   addXOrigins(JSONSchema);
 
   const dereferencedJSONSchema = await $RefParser.dereference(JSONSchema, {
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject) {
       excludedPathMatcher: (path: string): boolean => {
         return (
           // prettier-ignore
+          !!(/#\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*/).exec(path) ||          
           !!(/#\/channels\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/servers/).exec(path) ||
           !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/channel/).exec(path) ||
           !!(/#\/operations\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*\/messages/).exec(path) ||
@@ -34,30 +37,38 @@ export async function parse(JSONSchema: AsyncAPIObject) {
     },
   });
 
-  const result = await parser.validate(
-    JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dereferencedJSONSchema))
-  );
-  
+  // Option `noValidation: true` is used by the testing system, which
+  // intentionally feeds Bundler wrong AsyncAPI Documents, thus it is not
+  // documented.
+  if (!options.noValidation) {
+    validationResult = await parser.validate(
+      JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dereferencedJSONSchema))
+    );
+  }
+
   // If Parser's `validate()` function returns a non-empty array with at least
   // one `severity: 0`, that means there was at least one error during
   // validation, not a `warning: 1`, `info: 2`, or `hint: 3`. Thus, array's
   // elements with `severity: 0` are outputted as a list of remarks, and the
   // program exits without doing anything further.
   if (
-    result.length !== 0 &&
-    result.map(element => element.severity).includes(0)
+    validationResult.length !== 0 &&
+    validationResult.map(element => element.severity).includes(0)
   ) {
     console.log(
       'Validation of the resulting AsyncAPI Document failed.\nList of remarks:\n',
-      result.filter(element => element.severity === 0)
+      validationResult.filter(element => element.severity === 0)
     );
     throw new Error();
   }
 
-  return result;
+  return dereferencedJSONSchema;
 }
 
-export async function resolveV3Document(asyncapiDocuments: AsyncAPIObject[]) {
+export async function resolveV3Document(
+  asyncapiDocuments: AsyncAPIObject[],
+  options: any = {}
+) {
   const docs = [];
 
   // Graceful `return` doesn't stop Bundler from writing an invalid
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ export async function resolveV3Document(asyncapiDocuments: AsyncAPIObject[]) {
   // terminated through `try...catch`, which is a forced decision.
   try {
     for (const asyncapiDocument of asyncapiDocuments) {
-      await parse(asyncapiDocument);
+      await parse(asyncapiDocument, options);
       docs.push(asyncapiDocument);
     }
   } catch (e) {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
diff --git a/tests/lib/index.spec.ts b/tests/lib/index.spec.ts
index b70fb6a..7ceb64e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/index.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/index.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('[integration testing] bundler should ', () => {
           path.resolve(process.cwd(), './tests/base.yml'),
           'utf-8'
         ),
-        validate: false,
+        noValidation: true,
       }
     );
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ describe('[integration testing] bundler should ', () => {
         ),
         {
           referenceIntoComponents: false,
+          noValidation: true,
         }
       )
     ).resolves;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ describe('[integration testing] bundler should ', () => {
         ),
         {
           referenceIntoComponents: false,
+          noValidation: true,
         }
       )
     ).resolves;
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ describe('[integration testing] bundler should ', () => {
     expect(
       await bundle(
         files.map(file => fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), file), 'utf-8')),
-        { referenceIntoComponents: false, base: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), './tests/base-option/base.yaml'), 'utf-8') }
+        { referenceIntoComponents: false, base: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), './tests/base-option/base.yaml'), 'utf-8'), noValidation: true, }
       )
     ).resolves;
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ describe('[integration testing] bundler should ', () => {
     expect(
       await bundle(
         files.map(file => fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), file), 'utf-8')),
-        {baseDir: './tests/specfiles'}
+        {baseDir: './tests/specfiles', noValidation: true}
       )
     ).resolves
   })