diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
index bb7506bb7b3d9de8af50d09ef2e07e118f8f683e..dbe93ee5631f904cdf60b74c97b9746a83996fd1 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKACapability" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Subarray handling device" title="SKACapability" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKACapability" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Subarray handling device" title="SKACapability" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKACapability" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="../SKAObsDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaBase" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringVectorType"/>
       <status abstract="false" inherited="true" concrete="true"/>
     </deviceProperties>
-    <deviceProperties name="CapType" mandatory="true" description="The capability type represented by this device: E.g. for&#xA;CSP-MID it will be one of CORRELATORS; PSS-BEAMS;&#xA;PST-BEAMS; VLBI-BEAMS">
+    <deviceProperties name="CapType" description="The capability type represented by this device: E.g. for&#xA;CSP-MID it will be one of CORRELATORS; PSS-BEAMS;&#xA;PST-BEAMS; VLBI-BEAMS">
       <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringType"/>
       <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true" concreteHere="true"/>
     </deviceProperties>
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
index b2686a3840cfa2e35247c662d64607f083f044ea..370c6123620d152ad06cb83d798cef04d8d7de0d 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class SKACapability(SKAObsDevice):
 
     CapType = device_property(
         dtype='str',
-        mandatory=True
     )
 
     CapID = device_property(