diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
index 5ff03d803dc68953a72392b47caf9c20b78c5164..6907fad8e8a119b4ae691621b2bbe4407728a27b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ module Gitlab
               validates :allow_failure, boolean: true
               validates :parallel, numericality: { only_integer: true,
                                                    greater_than_or_equal_to: 2 }
-              validates :retry, hash_or_integer: true
 
               validates :when,
                 inclusion: { in: %w[on_success on_failure always manual delayed],