diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/resources/schema/artemis-configuration.xsd b/artemis-server/src/main/resources/schema/artemis-configuration.xsd
index e3c34cc464..794409433c 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/resources/schema/artemis-configuration.xsd
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/resources/schema/artemis-configuration.xsd
@@ -1618,7 +1618,6 @@
                   </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
             </xsd:sequence>
-            <xsd:attributeGroup ref="xml:specialAttrs"/>
          </xsd:extension>
       </xsd:complexContent>
    </xsd:complexType>