diff --git a/skit_labels/utils.py b/skit_labels/utils.py
index 2982e56..b35acb9 100644
--- a/skit_labels/utils.py
+++ b/skit_labels/utils.py
@@ -117,30 +117,38 @@ def validate_headers(input_file, tagging_type):
     expected_headers = expected_columns_mapping.get(tagging_type)
     
     df = pd.read_csv(input_file)
+    
     column_headers = df.columns.to_list()
     column_headers = [header.lower() for header in column_headers]
     column_headers = sorted(column_headers)
     expected_headers = sorted(expected_headers)
+    
     logger.info(f"column_headers: {column_headers}")
     logger.info(f"expected_headers: {expected_headers}")
     
     is_match = column_headers == expected_headers
-    mismatch_headers = []
     logger.info(f"Is match: {is_match}")
     
     if not is_match:
-        mismatch_headers_set =set(column_headers).symmetric_difference(set(expected_headers))
-        mismatch_headers = list(mismatch_headers_set)
-    return is_match, mismatch_headers
+        missing_headers = set(expected_headers).difference(set(column_headers))
+        additional_headers = set(column_headers).difference(set(expected_headers))
+        if missing_headers:
+            return missing_headers
+        elif additional_headers:
+            df.drop(additional_headers, axis=1, inplace=True)
+            df.to_csv(input_file, index=False)
+            is_match = True
+            logger.info(f"Following additional headers have been removed from the csv: {additional_headers}")
+    return []
 
 
 def validate_input_data(tagging_type, input_file):
     is_valid = True
     error = ''
     if tagging_type == const.CONVERSATION_TAGGING:
-        is_match, mismatch_headers = validate_headers(input_file, tagging_type)
-        if not is_match:
-            error = f'Headers in the input file does not match the expected fields. Mismatched fields = {mismatch_headers}'
+        missing_headers = validate_headers(input_file, tagging_type)
+        if missing_headers:
+            error = f'Headers in the input file does not match the expected fields. Missing fields = {missing_headers}'
             is_valid = False
         
     return is_valid, error
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