diff --git a/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
index 415b19cc88c8cdf422e55aff97113d24cca74ced..e4e0cab0623b67d3c68fdfa6768b5f2da8a0cee8 100644
--- a/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
+++ b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
 
     $fields['uid']
       ->setLabel(t('Authored by'))
-      ->setRequired(TRUE)
       ->setDescription(t('The user ID of the author.'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
       ->setDisplayOptions('form', [