diff --git a/schema/config-schema.json b/schema/config-schema.json
index ca3715939..5f2f6cae1 100644
--- a/schema/config-schema.json
+++ b/schema/config-schema.json
@@ -145,35 +145,35 @@
                             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/process/linux/capabilities/bounding",
                             "type": "array",
                             "items": {
-                                "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Capability"
+                                "type": "string"
                             }
                         },
                         "permitted": {
                             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/process/linux/capabilities/permitted",
                             "type": "array",
                             "items": {
-                                "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Capability"
+                                "type": "string"
                             }
                         },
                         "effective": {
                             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/process/linux/capabilities/effective",
                             "type": "array",
                             "items": {
-                                "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Capability"
+                                "type": "string"
                             }
                         },
                         "inheritable": {
                             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/process/linux/capabilities/inheritable",
                             "type": "array",
                             "items": {
-                                "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Capability"
+                                "type": "string"
                             }
                         },
                         "ambient": {
                             "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/process/linux/capabilities/ambient",
                             "type": "array",
                             "items": {
-                                "$ref": "defs-linux.json#/definitions/Capability"
+                                "type": "string"
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/schema/defs-linux.json b/schema/defs-linux.json
index 2ac6eeb2c..e48c9a99c 100644
--- a/schema/defs-linux.json
+++ b/schema/defs-linux.json
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@
                 "names"
             ]
         },
-        "Capability": {
-            "description": "Linux process capabilities",
-            "type": "string",
-            "pattern": "^CAP_([A-Z]|_)+$"
-        },
         "Major": {
             "description": "major device number",
             "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/int64"