diff --git a/pinaxcon/proposals/forms.py b/pinaxcon/proposals/forms.py
index b18e7551..e78697b0 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/proposals/forms.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/proposals/forms.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ DEFAULT_FIELDS =  [
 
 TALK_FORMAT_FIELDS = copy.copy(DEFAULT_FIELDS)
 TALK_FORMAT_FIELDS.insert(2, "talk_format")
-TALK_FORMAT_FIELDS.append("ticket_acknowledgement")
 
 class ProposalForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
@@ -59,10 +58,7 @@ class TutorialProposalForm(ProposalForm):
 
 
 class MiniconfProposalForm(ProposalForm):
-
-    def __init__(self, *a, **k):
-        super(MiniconfProposalForm, self).__init__(*a, **k)
-        self.fields['ticket_acknowledgement'].required = True
+    pass
 
 
 class CopyleftComplianceProposalForm(MiniconfProposalForm):