diff --git a/project.json b/project.json
index 8b878d5..2f5f357 100644
--- a/project.json
+++ b/project.json
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@
     "leaders",
     "level",
     "name",
-    "pitch",
     "type"
   ],
   "title": "OWASP Project",
diff --git a/tests/data/project/negative/pitch_undefined.yaml b/tests/data/project/negative/pitch_undefined.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d258cb9..0000000
--- a/tests/data/project/negative/pitch_undefined.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-audience:
-  - breaker
-leaders:
-  - github: leader-1-github
-    name: Leader 1 Name
-  - github: leader-2-github
-    name: Leader 2 Name
-    slack: leader-2-slack
-level: 2
-name: OWASP Incubator Code Project
-tags:
-  - example-tag-1
-  - example-tag-2
-  - example-tag-3
-type: code
diff --git a/tests/data/project/positive/required_properties.yaml b/tests/data/project/positive/required_properties.yaml
index 3b9e198..ee75a07 100644
--- a/tests/data/project/positive/required_properties.yaml
+++ b/tests/data/project/positive/required_properties.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ leaders:
     slack: leader-2-slack
 level: 2
 name: OWASP Incubator Code Project
-pitch: A very brief, one-line description of your project
 type: code
diff --git a/tests/project_test.py b/tests/project_test.py
index 349dbeb..9f75aac 100644
--- a/tests/project_test.py
+++ b/tests/project_test.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
         ("name_undefined.yaml", "'name' is a required property"),
         ("pitch_empty.yaml", "'' is too short"),
         ("pitch_null.yaml", "None is not of type 'string'"),
-        ("pitch_undefined.yaml", "'pitch' is a required property"),
         ("repositories_empty.yaml", "[] should be non-empty"),
         (
             "repositories_non_unique.yaml",