diff --git a/app/models/ci/trigger.rb b/app/models/ci/trigger.rb
index f76f06eb9c6..8aa45b2f02e 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/trigger.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/trigger.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module Ci
     has_many :trigger_requests, dependent: :destroy
 
     validates :token, presence: true, uniqueness: true
-    validates :owner, presence: true
 
     before_validation :set_default_values