diff --git a/src/modules/job-ingest/schemas/jobspec.jsonschema b/src/modules/job-ingest/schemas/jobspec.jsonschema
index fa06a46a9b3a..5c5e790fdbd2 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-ingest/schemas/jobspec.jsonschema
+++ b/src/modules/job-ingest/schemas/jobspec.jsonschema
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "complex_range": {
       "description": "a complex range of numbers",
       "type": "object",
-      "required":["min", "max", "operator", "operand"],
+      "required":["min", "max"],
       "properties":{
         "min": { "type": "integer", "minimum" : 1 },
         "max": { "type": "integer", "minimum" : 1 },
diff --git a/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operand.yaml b/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operand.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5399b1535ed9..000000000000
--- a/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operand.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-version: 1
-resources:
-  - type: slot
-    count:
-      min: 1
-      max: 2
-      operator: "+"
-    label: foo
-    with:
-      - type: node
-        count: 1
-tasks:
-  - command: app
-    slot: foo
-    count:
-      per_slot: 1
-attributes:
diff --git a/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operator.yaml b/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operator.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cd06d338270..000000000000
--- a/t/jobspec/invalid/resource_count_missing_operator.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-version: 1
-resources:
-  - type: slot
-    count:
-      min: 1
-      max: 2
-      operand: 1
-    label: foo
-    with:
-      - type: node
-        count: 1
-tasks:
-  - command: app
-    slot: foo
-    count:
-      per_slot: 1
-attributes: