diff --git a/modules/admin-core/root/lib/uci/schema/default/network b/modules/admin-core/root/lib/uci/schema/default/network
index 8cf79cb3f6..8bf8dd1979 100644
--- a/modules/admin-core/root/lib/uci/schema/default/network
+++ b/modules/admin-core/root/lib/uci/schema/default/network
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ config variable
 	option title	'IPv6 gateway'
 	option section	'network.route6'
 	option datatype	'ip6addr'
-	option required	'true'
+	option required	'false'
 
 config variable
 	option name	'metric'