diff --git a/net/sshtunnel/files/sshtunnel.init b/net/sshtunnel/files/sshtunnel.init
index 144d447e8..1274be249 100644
--- a/net/sshtunnel/files/sshtunnel.init
+++ b/net/sshtunnel/files/sshtunnel.init
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ validate_server_section() {
 
 validate_tunnelR_section() {
 	uci_load_validate sshtunnel tunnelR "$1" "$2" \
-		'remoteaddress:or(host, "*"):*' \
+		'remoteaddress:or(host, "*")' \
 		'remoteport:port' \
 		'localaddress:host' \
 		'localport:port'
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ validate_tunnelL_section() {
 	uci_load_validate sshtunnel tunnelL "$1" "$2" \
 		'remoteaddress:host' \
 		'remoteport:port' \
-		'localaddress:or(host, "*"):*' \
+		'localaddress:or(host, "*")' \
 		'localport:port'
 }
 
 validate_tunnelD_section() {
 	uci_load_validate sshtunnel tunnelD "$1" "$2" \
-		'localaddress:or(host, "*"):*' \
+		'localaddress:or(host, "*")' \
 		'localport:port'
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ load_tunnelR() {
 	# validate and load this remote tunnel config
 	[ "$2" = 0 ] || { _err "tunnelR $1: validation failed"; return 1; }
 
-	[ -n "$remoteport" -a -n "$localport" -a -n "$remoteaddress" ] || { _err "tunnelR $1: missing required options"; return 1; }
+	[ -n "$remoteport" -a -n "$localport" ] || { _err "tunnelR $1: missing required options"; return 1; }
 
 	# count nr of valid sections to make sure there are at least one
 	count=$((count+=1))
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ load_tunnelL() {
 	# validate and load this remote tunnel config
 	[ "$2" = 0 ] || { _err "tunnelL $1: validation failed"; return 1; }
 
-	[ -n "$remoteport" -a -n "$localport" -a -n "$remoteaddress" ] || { _err "tunnelL $1: missing required options"; return 1; }
+	[ -n "$remoteport" -a -n "$localport" ] || { _err "tunnelL $1: missing required options"; return 1; }
 
 	# count nr of valid sections to make sure there are at least one
 	count=$((count+=1))