diff --git a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
index 81a58c056..e723bee8f 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
+++ b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
@@ -885,8 +885,6 @@ components:
             type: integer
 
     DiskConfig:
-      required:
-        - path
       type: object
       properties:
         path: