diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/datafactory/data_factory_dataset_binary_resource.go b/azurerm/internal/services/datafactory/data_factory_dataset_binary_resource.go
index 86436d04f7a6..f30ad00c4919 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/datafactory/data_factory_dataset_binary_resource.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/datafactory/data_factory_dataset_binary_resource.go
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ func resourceDataFactoryDatasetBinary() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 							ValidateFunc: validation.StringIsNotEmpty,
 						},
 						"filename": {
-							Type:         pluginsdk.TypeString,
-							Required:     true,
-							ValidateFunc: validation.StringIsNotEmpty,
+							Type:     pluginsdk.TypeString,
+							Required: true,
 						},
 					},
 				},