diff --git a/app/models/learning_object.rb b/app/models/learning_object.rb
index 24d33437b8d82077cd2f50e556ca3ac98172bc36..cb26659b66731306cb5f7e75c28b42f6451dba2e 100644
--- a/app/models/learning_object.rb
+++ b/app/models/learning_object.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class LearningObject < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :object_type
   belongs_to :attachment, class_name: 'LearningObject::Attachment'
 
-  validates_presence_of :name, :publisher, :object_type, :language, :topics, :author, :school_level
+  validates_presence_of :name, :publisher, :object_type, :language, :author
   validates :id_dspace, presence: true, uniqueness: true, unless: Proc.new { |lo| lo.is_draft? }
 
   searchkick language: 'brazilian', match: :word_start, searchable: [:name, :description, :author, :object_type]