diff --git a/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-required-properties.json b/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-required-properties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0646dc3977c..00000000000
--- a/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-required-properties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "updates": [
-    {
-      "directory": "/",
-      "groups": {
-        "x": {
-          "applies-to": "version-updates"
-        }
-      },
-      "package-ecosystem": "npm",
-      "schedule": {
-        "interval": "daily"
-      }
-    }
-  ],
-  "version": 2
-}
diff --git a/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-subkeys.json b/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-subkeys.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b9a4ca7a56..00000000000
--- a/src/negative_test/dependabot-2.0/groups.x-no-subkeys.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "updates": [
-    {
-      "directory": "/",
-      "groups": {
-        "x": {}
-      },
-      "package-ecosystem": "npm",
-      "schedule": {
-        "interval": "daily"
-      }
-    }
-  ],
-  "version": 2
-}
diff --git a/src/schemas/json/dependabot-2.0.json b/src/schemas/json/dependabot-2.0.json
index e380ab28020..ed7572625a8 100644
--- a/src/schemas/json/dependabot-2.0.json
+++ b/src/schemas/json/dependabot-2.0.json
@@ -929,23 +929,6 @@
                 "enum": ["dependency-name"]
               }
             },
-            "anyOf": [
-              {
-                "required": ["dependency-type"]
-              },
-              {
-                "required": ["patterns"]
-              },
-              {
-                "required": ["exclude-patterns"]
-              },
-              {
-                "required": ["update-types"]
-              },
-              {
-                "required": ["group-by"]
-              }
-            ],
             "additionalProperties": false
           },
           "minProperties": 1