diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.html
index 37efc9233..99ba45ec7 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.html
@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div *ngSwitchCase="descriptionTemplateFieldTypeEnum.CHECK_BOX" class="col-12">
-		<mat-checkbox [formControl]="propertiesFormGroup?.get(field.id).get('booleanValue')" (change)="checkboxChangeEvent($event, field.id)">
+		<mat-checkbox [formControl]="propertiesFormGroup?.get(field.id).get('booleanValue')">
 			{{field.data.label}}</mat-checkbox>
 		<mat-error *ngIf="propertiesFormGroup?.get(field.id).get('booleanValue').hasError('backendError')">{{propertiesFormGroup?.get(field.id).get('booleanValue').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
-		<mat-error *ngIf="propertiesFormGroup?.get(field.id).get('booleanValue').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="col-12">
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
index 0099317e7..663c8d679 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { distinctUntilChanged, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { nameof } from 'ts-simple-nameof';
 import { DescriptionFormService } from '../services/description-form.service';
-import { MatCheckboxChange } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
 
 @Component({
 	selector: 'app-description-form-field',
@@ -269,10 +268,6 @@ export class DescriptionFormFieldComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnIn
 		}
 	}
 
-	checkboxChangeEvent(event: MatCheckboxChange, fieldId: string) {
-		if (!(event?.checked ?? true)) this.propertiesFormGroup?.get(fieldId)?.get('booleanValue')?.reset();
-	}
-
 	onRemove(makeFilesNull: boolean = true) {
 		this.makeFilesNull()
 		this.cdr.detectChanges();