diff --git a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
index 200d2917b9a..0fab34e1e58 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
                                                     <div class="form-group dataset-field-values">
                                                         <div class="form-col-container col-sm-9 edit-field">
                                                             <p:selectOneMenu value="#{dsf.singleControlledVocabularyValue}" converter="controlledVocabularyValueConverter" style="width: auto !important; max-width:100%; min-width:200px;" styleClass="form-control primitive"
-                                                                             id="unique1" required="#{dsf.required and datasetPage}" rendered="#{!dsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}" filter="#{(dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues.size() lt 10) ? 'false':'true'}" filterMatchMode="contains">
+                                                                             id="unique1" rendered="#{!dsf.datasetFieldType.allowMultiples}" filter="#{(dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues.size() lt 10) ? 'false':'true'}" filterMatchMode="contains">
                                                                 <f:selectItem itemLabel="#{bundle.select}" itemValue="" noSelectionOption="true"/>
                                                                 <f:selectItems value="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.controlledVocabularyValues}" var="cvv" itemLabel="#{cvv.getLocaleStrValue(mdLangCode)}" itemValue="#{cvv}"/>
                                                             </p:selectOneMenu>