diff --git a/lib/Zoop/Shard/User/DataModel/PasswordTrait.php b/lib/Zoop/Shard/User/DataModel/PasswordTrait.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/Zoop/Shard/User/DataModel/PasswordTrait.php
+++ b/lib/Zoop/Shard/User/DataModel/PasswordTrait.php
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ trait PasswordTrait
     /**
      * @ODM\String
      * @Shard\Serializer\Ignore
-     * @Shard\Validator\Required
      */
     protected $salt;
Remove required from passwordTrait salt. It has a salt generator fallback.