diff --git a/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/types.go
index 9901983e10..bdaafc2fe3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import (
 type FrontendConfig struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	Spec              FrontendConfigSpec   `json:"spec"`
-	Status            FrontendConfigStatus `json:"status"`
+	Spec              FrontendConfigSpec   `json:"spec,omitempty"`
+	Status            FrontendConfigStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // FrontendConfigSpec is the spec for a FrontendConfig resource
diff --git a/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/zz_generated.openapi.go
index c42b8a08f8..27ebcc44f5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/frontendconfig/v1beta1/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func schema_pkg_apis_frontendconfig_v1beta1_FrontendConfig(ref common.ReferenceC
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				Required: []string{"spec", "status"},
 			},
 		},
 		Dependencies: []string{