diff --git a/src/components/FormField/FormField.tsx b/src/components/FormField/FormField.tsx
index 9d4ee52aa5..49694d2eb8 100644
--- a/src/components/FormField/FormField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FormField/FormField.tsx
@@ -80,8 +80,13 @@ const FormField = ({
     hasError('custom')
 
   const isOptional = !options?.validators?.some((validator: any) => {
+    // Check if validator is a function with the name 'required'
+    // If so, it also isn't optional
+    if (validator.name === 'required') return true
+
     return ['required', 'min'].includes(validator)
   })
+
   const FieldSetWrapper = isFieldSet ? FieldSet : Fragment
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/afval-container.ts b/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/afval-container.ts
index d868eae5e7..d1223a83fe 100644
--- a/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/afval-container.ts
+++ b/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/afval-container.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const controls = {
     },
     render: QuestionFieldType.AssetSelect,
     options: {
-      validators: [validateObjectLocation('container'), 'required'],
+      validators: [validateObjectLocation('container')],
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/straatverlichting-klokken.ts b/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/straatverlichting-klokken.ts
index 4024334829..a7e2dafce1 100644
--- a/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/straatverlichting-klokken.ts
+++ b/src/signals/incident/definitions/wizard-step-2-vulaan/straatverlichting-klokken.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const straatverlichtingKlokken = {
     },
     render: QuestionFieldType.StreetlightSelect,
     options: {
-      validators: [validateObjectLocation('lichtpunt'), 'required'],
+      validators: [validateObjectLocation('lichtpunt')],
     },
   },
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ const straatverlichtingKlokken = {
     },
     render: QuestionFieldType.ClockSelect,
     options: {
-      validators: [validateObjectLocation('klok'), 'required'],
+      validators: [validateObjectLocation('klok')],
     },
   },