diff --git a/schema/config-linux.json b/schema/config-linux.json
index 74eaceaba..9b9396236 100644
--- a/schema/config-linux.json
+++ b/schema/config-linux.json
@@ -312,8 +312,7 @@
                             "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Syscall"
                         }
                     }
-                },
-                "type": "object"
+                }
             },
             "sysctl": {
                 "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/linux/sysctl",