diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
index 9c1f3602a6..ae9f2d1239 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ options:
       - When using state=latest, this can be '*' which means run C(yum -y update).
       - You can also pass a url or a local path to a rpm file (using state=present).
         To operate on several packages this can accept a comma separated list of packages or (as of 2.0) a list of packages.
-    required: true
     aliases: [ pkg ]
   exclude:
     description: