diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts
index 32037e66be..6b92fffc30 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const bibEntryValidationRules = new Map<string, BibEntryValidationRule>([
   [
     'misc',
     {
-      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'key'], 'note'],
+      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'key']],
     },
   ],
   [