diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.rpm-ostree b/stages/org.osbuild.rpm-ostree
index 6de83435..1047911c 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.rpm-ostree
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.rpm-ostree
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ human users need to be part of.
 [2] https://rpm-ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manual/treefile/
 """
 STAGE_OPTS = """
-"required": ["enabled_services"],
 "properties": {
   "etc_group_members": {
     "description": "Array of group names to still keep in /etc/group",