diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/PipelineYmlSchema.java b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/PipelineYmlSchema.java
index 9e687637a..2b2af9f7f 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/PipelineYmlSchema.java
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/PipelineYmlSchema.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class PipelineYmlSchema implements YamlSchema {
 		addProp(task, "platform", t_platform).isRequired(true);
 		addProp(task, "image_resource", t_image_resource);
 		addProp(task, "image", t_ne_string);
-		addProp(task, "inputs", f.yseq(t_input)).isRequired(true);
+		addProp(task, "inputs", f.yseq(t_input));
 		addProp(task, "outputs", f.yseq(t_output));
 		addProp(task, "run", t_command).isRequired(true);
 		addProp(task, "params", t_string_params);
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/ConcourseEditorTest.java b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/ConcourseEditorTest.java
index 349de3e78..0acb49503 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/ConcourseEditorTest.java
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/concourse/ConcourseEditorTest.java
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public class ConcourseEditorTest {
 		{
 			List<Diagnostic> problems = editor.assertProblems(
 				"config|Only one of [config, file]",
-				"{}|[inputs, platform, run] are required",
+				"{}|[platform, run] are required",
 				"{}|One of [image_resource, image]",
 				"file|Only one of [config, file]"
 			);
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ public class ConcourseEditorTest {
 		editor = harness.newEditor(LanguageIds.CONCOURSE_TASK,
 				"image: some-image"
 		);
-		editor.assertProblems("image: some-image|[inputs, platform, run] are required");
+		editor.assertProblems("image: some-image|[platform, run] are required");
 
 		editor = harness.newEditor(LanguageIds.CONCOURSE_TASK,
 				"platform: a-platform\n" +