diff --git a/src/everest/config/server_config.py b/src/everest/config/server_config.py
index 25e9358dba5..dfdf8f15d87 100644
--- a/src/everest/config/server_config.py
+++ b/src/everest/config/server_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import json
 import os
+from typing import Any
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator, model_validator
 
 from ert.config.queue_config import (
     LocalQueueOptions,
@@ -57,6 +58,23 @@ def default_local_queue(cls, v):
             v["activate_script"] = ErtPluginManager().activate_script()
         return v
 
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_old_config(cls, data: Any) -> Any:
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            queue_system = data.get("queue_system")
+            queue_systems = {
+                "lsf": LsfQueueOptions,
+                "torque": TorqueQueueOptions,
+                "slurm": SlurmQueueOptions,
+                "local": LocalQueueOptions,
+            }
+            if isinstance(queue_system, str) and queue_system in queue_systems:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Queue system configuration has changed, valid options for {queue_system} are: {list(queue_systems[queue_system].__dataclass_fields__.keys())}"
+                )
+        return data
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_server_url(output_dir: str) -> str:
         """Return the url of the server.
diff --git a/src/everest/config/simulator_config.py b/src/everest/config/simulator_config.py
index db002b19f69..ed206fa45c7 100644
--- a/src/everest/config/simulator_config.py
+++ b/src/everest/config/simulator_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, NonNegativeInt, PositiveInt, field_validator
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import (
+    BaseModel,
+    Field,
+    NonNegativeInt,
+    PositiveInt,
+    field_validator,
+    model_validator,
+)
 
 from ert.config.queue_config import (
     LocalQueueOptions,
@@ -78,3 +87,20 @@ def default_local_queue(cls, v):
         elif "activate_script" not in v and ErtPluginManager().activate_script():
             v["activate_script"] = ErtPluginManager().activate_script()
         return v
+
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_old_config(cls, data: Any) -> Any:
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            queue_system = data.get("queue_system")
+            queue_systems = {
+                "lsf": LsfQueueOptions,
+                "torque": TorqueQueueOptions,
+                "slurm": SlurmQueueOptions,
+                "local": LocalQueueOptions,
+            }
+            if isinstance(queue_system, str) and queue_system in queue_systems:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Queue system configuration has changed, valid options for {queue_system} are: {list(queue_systems[queue_system].__dataclass_fields__.keys())}"
+                )
+        return data
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_everest_config.py b/tests/everest/test_everest_config.py
index dd68888b0cc..cf27551ae63 100644
--- a/tests/everest/test_everest_config.py
+++ b/tests/everest/test_everest_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from everest.config import EverestConfig
+import pytest
+
+from everest.config import EverestConfig, ServerConfig, SimulatorConfig
 from everest.config.control_config import ControlConfig
 from everest.config.control_variable_config import ControlVariableConfig
 from everest.config.cvar_config import CVaRConfig
@@ -283,3 +285,11 @@ def test_that_log_level_property_is_consistent_with_environment_log_level():
         config.logging_level = lvl_str
         assert config.environment.log_level == lvl_str
         assert config.logging_level == lvl_int
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("config_class", [SimulatorConfig, ServerConfig])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("queue_system", ["lsf", "torque", "slurm", "local"])
+def test_removed_queue_options_init(queue_system, config_class):
+    config = {"queue_system": queue_system}
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=f"valid options for {queue_system} are"):
+        config_class(**config)
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
index fd6a97e3cc8..926aa5f975a 100644
--- a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
+++ b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
@@ -27,16 +27,22 @@
     "config, expected",
     [
         [
+            {
+                "name": "local",
+                "max_running": 0,
+                "submit_sleep": 0.0,
+                "project_code": "",
+                "activate_script": "activate_script",
+            },
             {
                 "name": "torque",
-                "queue": "permanent_8",
                 "qsub_cmd": "qsub",
                 "qstat_cmd": "qstat",
                 "qdel_cmd": "qdel",
-                "keep_qsub_output": 1,
-                "submit_sleep": 0.5,
-                "project_code": "snake_oil_pc",
-                "num_cpus_per_node": 3,
+                "queue": "queue",
+                "cluster_label": "cluster_label",
+                "job_prefix": "job_prefix",
+                "keep_qsub_output": False,
             },
             {
                 "project_code": "snake_oil_pc",
@@ -50,9 +56,16 @@
         [
             {
                 "name": "slurm",
-                "partition": "default-queue",
-                "exclude_host": "host1,host2,host3,host4",
-                "include_host": "host5,host6,host7,host8",
+                "sbatch": "sbatch",
+                "scancel": "scancel",
+                "scontrol": "scontrol",
+                "sacct": "sacct",
+                "squeue": "squeue",
+                "exclude_host": "exclude_host",
+                "include_host": "include_host",
+                "partition": "some_partition",
+                "squeue_timeout": 2.0,
+                "max_runtime": 10,
             },
             {
                 "exclude_hosts": "host1,host2,host3,host4",
@@ -69,8 +82,13 @@
         [
             {
                 "name": "lsf",
-                "lsf_queue": "mr",
-                "lsf_resource": "span = 1 && select[x86 and GNU/Linux]",
+                "bhist_cmd": "bhist",
+                "bjobs_cmd": "bjobs",
+                "bkill_cmd": "bkill",
+                "bsub_cmd": "bsub",
+                "exclude_host": "",
+                "lsf_queue": "lsf_queue",
+                "lsf_resource": "",
             },
             {
                 "queue_name": "mr",
@@ -80,6 +98,9 @@
     ],
 )
 def test_everest_to_ert_queue_config(config, expected):
+    """Note that these objects are used directly in the Everest
+    config, and if you have to make changes to this test, it is likely
+    that it is a breaking change to Everest"""
     general_queue_options = {"max_running": 10}
     general_options = {"resubmit_limit": 7}