diff --git a/libs/uvl/root/lib/uci/schema/default/firewall b/libs/uvl/root/lib/uci/schema/default/firewall
index 08535093a0..0f4bb267fc 100644
--- a/libs/uvl/root/lib/uci/schema/default/firewall
+++ b/libs/uvl/root/lib/uci/schema/default/firewall
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ config variable
 	option title	'Option target'
 	option section	'firewall.rule'
 	option datatype	'string'
-	option required	true