diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/convert.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/convert.py
index aabdf827615c240c248e7b52d23b83594688443b..1c84d0e2d01d22d7469d84e8f5c1fd18fd1d063b 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/convert.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/convert.py
@@ -707,10 +707,8 @@ def _set_in_nested(mydict: dict, path: list, value: Any, prefix: list = [], skip
     return mydict
 
 
-# ToDo: Fix https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-advanced-user-tools/-/issues/138
-#       and remove pylint disable
 def to_dict(xlsx: Union[str, BinaryIO], schema: Union[dict, str, TextIO],
-            validate: bool = None, strict: bool = False) -> dict:   # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            validate: bool = False, strict: bool = False) -> dict:
     """Convert the xlsx contents to a dict, it must follow a schema.
 
     Parameters
@@ -722,10 +720,10 @@ def to_dict(xlsx: Union[str, BinaryIO], schema: Union[dict, str, TextIO],
       Schema for validation of XLSX content.
 
     validate: bool, optional
-      If True, validate the result against the schema.
+      If True, validate the result against the schema.  Default is False.
 
     strict: bool, optional
-      If True, fail faster.
+      If True, fail faster.  Default is False.
 
 
     Returns
@@ -734,4 +732,4 @@ def to_dict(xlsx: Union[str, BinaryIO], schema: Union[dict, str, TextIO],
       A dict representing the JSON with the extracted data.
     """
     converter = XLSXConverter(xlsx, schema, strict=strict)
-    return converter.to_dict()
+    return converter.to_dict(validate=validate)