diff --git a/schema/workflow.json b/schema/workflow.json
index fc84c66ba..5aeffb068 100644
--- a/schema/workflow.json
+++ b/schema/workflow.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             "items": {
                 "oneOf": [
                     {
-                        "$ref": "workflow/unit/subworkflowUnit.json"
+                        "$ref": "workflow/unit.json"
                     },
                     {
                         "$ref": "workflow/unit/io.json"
diff --git a/schema/workflow/unit/subworkflowUnit.json b/schema/workflow/unit/subworkflowUnit.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 946566d82..000000000
--- a/schema/workflow/unit/subworkflowUnit.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "$id": "workflow/unit/subworkflow",
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
-    "title": "subworkflow unit schema",
-    "type": "object",
-    "allOf": [
-        {
-            "$ref": "../unit.json"
-        }
-    ],
-    "properties": {
-        "type": {
-            "enum": [
-                "subworkflow"
-            ]
-        }
-    },
-    "required": [
-        "name"
-    ]
-}