diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/LocationEntityV1alpha1.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/LocationEntityV1alpha1.ts
index 20f99f15b3..fb452b6ac7 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/LocationEntityV1alpha1.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/LocationEntityV1alpha1.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export interface LocationEntityV1alpha1 extends Entity {
     type?: string;
     target?: string;
     targets?: string[];
-    optional?: boolean;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
index 0107c5cd8d..a8e9b924d0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl
 
       // Backwards compatible processing of location entites
       if (isLocationEntity(entity)) {
-        const { type = location.type, optional = false } = entity.spec;
+        const { type = location.type } = entity.spec;
         const targets = new Array<string>();
         if (entity.spec.target) {
           targets.push(entity.spec.target);
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ export class CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl
                   {
                     type,
                     target,
-                    presence: optional ? 'optional' : 'required',
+                    presence: 'required',
                   },
-                  Boolean(entity.spec?.optional),
+                  false,
                   emitter.emit,
                   this.options.parser,
                 );
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/util.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/util.ts
index 6ff1cde2f0..f8e6f1f978 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/util.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ export function locationSpecToLocationEntity(
     spec: {
       type: location.type,
       target: location.target,
-      optional: location.presence === 'optional' ? true : undefined,
     },
   };