diff --git a/core/misc/states.es6.js b/core/misc/states.es6.js
index 24374b625f..ae8ed4ae8b 100644
--- a/core/misc/states.es6.js
+++ b/core/misc/states.es6.js
@@ -620,14 +620,14 @@
     if (e.trigger) {
       if (e.value) {
         var label = 'label' + (e.target.id ? '[for=' + e.target.id + ']' : '');
-        var $label = $(e.target).attr({'required': 'required', 'aria-required': 'aria-required'}).closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find(label);
+        var $label = $(e.target).attr({'aria-required': 'aria-required'}).closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find(label);
         // Avoids duplicate required markers on initialization.
         if (!$label.hasClass('js-form-required').length) {
           $label.addClass('js-form-required form-required');
         }
       }
       else {
-        $(e.target).removeAttr('required aria-required').closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find('label.js-form-required').removeClass('js-form-required form-required');
+        $(e.target).removeAttr('aria-required').closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find('label.js-form-required').removeClass('js-form-required form-required');
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/core/misc/states.js b/core/misc/states.js
index 56c8b740cc..356b3a3485 100644
--- a/core/misc/states.js
+++ b/core/misc/states.js
@@ -328,13 +328,13 @@
     if (e.trigger) {
       if (e.value) {
         var label = 'label' + (e.target.id ? '[for=' + e.target.id + ']' : '');
-        var $label = $(e.target).attr({ 'required': 'required', 'aria-required': 'aria-required' }).closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find(label);
+        var $label = $(e.target).attr({ 'aria-required': 'aria-required' }).closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find(label);
 
         if (!$label.hasClass('js-form-required').length) {
           $label.addClass('js-form-required form-required');
         }
       } else {
-        $(e.target).removeAttr('required aria-required').closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find('label.js-form-required').removeClass('js-form-required form-required');
+        $(e.target).removeAttr('aria-required').closest('.js-form-item, .js-form-wrapper').find('label.js-form-required').removeClass('js-form-required form-required');
       }
     }
   });