diff --git a/addons/email_template/email_template_view.xml b/addons/email_template/email_template_view.xml
index 4cddb31c8e1..73e796394a8 100644
--- a/addons/email_template/email_template_view.xml
+++ b/addons/email_template/email_template_view.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                             <page string="Email Details">
                                 <group>
                                     <group string="Addressing">
-                                      <field name="email_from" required="1"/>
+                                      <field name="email_from"/>
                                       <field name="email_to"/>
                                       <field name="email_recipients"/>
                                       <field name="email_cc"/>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                                             <field name="copyvalue"/>
                                     </group>
                                     <group string="Contents" colspan="2">
-                                       <field name="subject" required="1"/>
+                                       <field name="subject"/>
                                        <field name="body_html" width="250" height="450" nolabel="1" colspan="2" placeholder="Email contents (in raw HTML format)"/>
                                     </group>
                                 </group>