diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool-attr.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool-attr.ts
index bd3a2146eb433..13a2db6a1d7f2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool-attr.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool-attr.ts
@@ -1,113 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * The set of standard attributes that can be marked as required.
- *
- * @deprecated use {@link StandardAttributes}
- * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html#cognito-user-pools-standard-attributes
- */
-export interface RequiredAttributes {
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's postal address is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly address?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's birthday, represented as an ISO 8601:2004 format, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly birthdate?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether theb user's e-mail address, represented as an RFC 5322 [RFC5322] addr-spec, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly email?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the surname or last name of the user is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly familyName?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's gender is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly gender?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's first name or give name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly givenName?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's locale, represented as a BCP47 [RFC5646] language tag, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly locale?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's middle name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly middleName?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether user's full name in displayable form, including all name parts, titles and suffixes, is a required attibute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly fullname?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's nickname or casual name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly nickname?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's telephone number is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly phoneNumber?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's profile picture is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly profilePicture?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's preffered username, different from the immutable user name, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly preferredUsername?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's profile page is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly profilePage?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the user's time zone is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly timezone?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the time, the user's information was last updated, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly lastUpdateTime?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's web page or blog is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
-   */
-  readonly website?: boolean;
-}
-
 /**
  * The set of standard attributes that can be marked as required or mutable.
  *
@@ -115,104 +5,104 @@ export interface RequiredAttributes {
  */
 export interface StandardAttributes {
   /**
-   * Whether the user's postal address is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's postal address is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly address?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's birthday, represented as an ISO 8601:2004 format, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's birthday, represented as an ISO 8601:2004 format, is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly birthdate?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether theb user's e-mail address, represented as an RFC 5322 [RFC5322] addr-spec, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * Theb user's e-mail address, represented as an RFC 5322 [RFC5322] addr-spec, is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly email?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the surname or last name of the user is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The surname or last name of the user is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly familyName?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's gender is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's gender is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly gender?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's first name or give name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's first name or give name is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly givenName?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's locale, represented as a BCP47 [RFC5646] language tag, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's locale, represented as a BCP47 [RFC5646] language tag, is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly locale?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's middle name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's middle name is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly middleName?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
    * Whether user's full name in displayable form, including all name parts, titles and suffixes, is a required attibute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly fullname?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's nickname or casual name is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's nickname or casual name is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly nickname?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's telephone number is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's telephone number is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly phoneNumber?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's profile picture is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The URL to the user's profile picture is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly profilePicture?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's preffered username, different from the immutable user name, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's preffered username, different from the immutable user name, is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly preferredUsername?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's profile page is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The URL to the user's profile page is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly profilePage?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the user's time zone is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The user's time zone is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly timezone?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the time, the user's information was last updated, is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The time, the user's information was last updated, is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly lastUpdateTime?: StandardAttribute;
 
   /**
-   * Whether the URL to the user's web page or blog is a required attribute.
-   * @default - Attribute is not required
+   * The URL to the user's web page or blog is a required attribute.
+   * @default - see the defaults under `StandardAttribute`
    */
   readonly website?: StandardAttribute;
 }
@@ -229,7 +119,7 @@ export interface StandardAttribute {
    * Amazon Cognito updates mapped attributes when users sign in to your application through an identity provider.
    * If an attribute is immutable, Amazon Cognito throws an error when it attempts to update the attribute.
    *
-   * @default false
+   * @default true
    */
   readonly mutable?: boolean;
   /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
index 4efdc5f02765d..da27030976904 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { IRole, PolicyDocument, PolicyStatement, Role, ServicePrincipal } from '
 import * as lambda from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda';
 import { Construct, Duration, IResource, Lazy, Resource, Stack } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { CfnUserPool } from './cognito.generated';
-import { ICustomAttribute, RequiredAttributes, StandardAttributes } from './user-pool-attr';
+import { ICustomAttribute, StandardAttribute, StandardAttributes } from './user-pool-attr';
 import { IUserPoolClient, UserPoolClient, UserPoolClientOptions } from './user-pool-client';
 import { UserPoolDomain, UserPoolDomainOptions } from './user-pool-domain';
 
@@ -452,15 +452,6 @@ export interface UserPoolProps {
    */
   readonly autoVerify?: AutoVerifiedAttrs;
 
-  /**
-   * The set of attributes that are required for every user in the user pool.
-   * Read more on attributes here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html
-   *
-   * @deprecated use {@link standardAttributes}
-   * @default - No required attributes.
-   */
-  readonly requiredAttributes?: RequiredAttributes;
-
   /**
    * The set of attributes that are required for every user in the user pool.
    * Read more on attributes here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html
@@ -758,24 +749,24 @@ export class UserPool extends Resource implements IUserPool {
 
     if (signIn.username) {
       aliasAttrs = [];
-      if (signIn.email) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.EMAIL); }
-      if (signIn.phone) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.PHONE_NUMBER); }
-      if (signIn.preferredUsername) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.PREFERRED_USERNAME); }
+      if (signIn.email) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.EMAIL); }
+      if (signIn.phone) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.PHONE_NUMBER); }
+      if (signIn.preferredUsername) { aliasAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.PREFERRED_USERNAME); }
       if (aliasAttrs.length === 0) { aliasAttrs = undefined; }
     } else {
       usernameAttrs = [];
-      if (signIn.email) { usernameAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.EMAIL); }
-      if (signIn.phone) { usernameAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.PHONE_NUMBER); }
+      if (signIn.email) { usernameAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.EMAIL); }
+      if (signIn.phone) { usernameAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.PHONE_NUMBER); }
     }
 
     if (props.autoVerify) {
       autoVerifyAttrs = [];
-      if (props.autoVerify.email) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.EMAIL); }
-      if (props.autoVerify.phone) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.PHONE_NUMBER); }
+      if (props.autoVerify.email) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.EMAIL); }
+      if (props.autoVerify.phone) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.PHONE_NUMBER); }
     } else if (signIn.email || signIn.phone) {
       autoVerifyAttrs = [];
-      if (signIn.email) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.EMAIL); }
-      if (signIn.phone) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttribute.PHONE_NUMBER); }
+      if (signIn.email) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.EMAIL); }
+      if (signIn.phone) { autoVerifyAttrs.push(StandardAttributeNames.PHONE_NUMBER); }
     }
 
     return { usernameAttrs, aliasAttrs, autoVerifyAttrs };
@@ -860,37 +851,15 @@ export class UserPool extends Resource implements IUserPool {
     const schema: CfnUserPool.SchemaAttributeProperty[] = [];
 
     if (props.standardAttributes) {
-      const standardAttributes = props.standardAttributes;
-      const stdAttributes = Object.keys(standardAttributes)
-        .filter(
-          attrName =>
-            !!standardAttributes[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes],
-        ).filter(
-          attrName =>
-            standardAttributes[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes]!.required ||
-            standardAttributes[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes]!.mutable,
-        )
-        .map(attrName => ({
-          name: StandardAttributeMap[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes],
-          ...(standardAttributes[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes] || {}),
+      const stdAttributes = (Object.entries(props.standardAttributes) as Array<[keyof StandardAttributes, StandardAttribute]>)
+        .filter(([, attr]) => !!attr)
+        .map(([attrName, attr]) => ({
+          name: StandardAttributeMap[attrName],
+          mutable: attr.mutable ?? true,
+          required: attr.required ?? false,
         }));
 
       schema.push(...stdAttributes);
-    } else if (props.requiredAttributes) {
-      const requiredAttributes = props.requiredAttributes;
-      const requiredAttrs = Object.keys(requiredAttributes)
-        .filter(
-          attrName =>
-            !!requiredAttributes[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes],
-        )
-        .map(
-          attrName => ({
-            name: StandardAttributeMap[attrName as keyof StandardAttributes],
-            required: true,
-          }),
-        );
-
-      schema.push(...requiredAttrs);
     }
 
     if (props.customAttributes) {
@@ -934,7 +903,7 @@ export class UserPool extends Resource implements IUserPool {
   }
 }
 
-const enum StandardAttribute {
+const enum StandardAttributeNames {
   ADDRESS = 'address',
   BIRTHDATE = 'birthdate',
   EMAIL = 'email',
@@ -954,27 +923,24 @@ const enum StandardAttribute {
   WEBSITE = 'website',
 }
 
-const StandardAttributeMap: Record<
-keyof StandardAttributes,
-StandardAttribute
-> = {
-  address: StandardAttribute.ADDRESS,
-  birthdate: StandardAttribute.BIRTHDATE,
-  email: StandardAttribute.EMAIL,
-  familyName: StandardAttribute.FAMILY_NAME,
-  gender: StandardAttribute.GENDER,
-  givenName: StandardAttribute.GIVEN_NAME,
-  locale: StandardAttribute.LOCALE,
-  middleName: StandardAttribute.MIDDLE_NAME,
-  fullname: StandardAttribute.NAME,
-  nickname: StandardAttribute.NICKNAME,
-  phoneNumber: StandardAttribute.PHONE_NUMBER,
-  profilePicture: StandardAttribute.PICTURE_URL,
-  preferredUsername: StandardAttribute.PREFERRED_USERNAME,
-  profilePage: StandardAttribute.PROFILE_URL,
-  timezone: StandardAttribute.TIMEZONE,
-  lastUpdateTime: StandardAttribute.LAST_UPDATE_TIME,
-  website: StandardAttribute.WEBSITE,
+const StandardAttributeMap: Record<keyof StandardAttributes, StandardAttributeNames> = {
+  address: StandardAttributeNames.ADDRESS,
+  birthdate: StandardAttributeNames.BIRTHDATE,
+  email: StandardAttributeNames.EMAIL,
+  familyName: StandardAttributeNames.FAMILY_NAME,
+  gender: StandardAttributeNames.GENDER,
+  givenName: StandardAttributeNames.GIVEN_NAME,
+  locale: StandardAttributeNames.LOCALE,
+  middleName: StandardAttributeNames.MIDDLE_NAME,
+  fullname: StandardAttributeNames.NAME,
+  nickname: StandardAttributeNames.NICKNAME,
+  phoneNumber: StandardAttributeNames.PHONE_NUMBER,
+  profilePicture: StandardAttributeNames.PICTURE_URL,
+  preferredUsername: StandardAttributeNames.PREFERRED_USERNAME,
+  profilePage: StandardAttributeNames.PROFILE_URL,
+  timezone: StandardAttributeNames.TIMEZONE,
+  lastUpdateTime: StandardAttributeNames.LAST_UPDATE_TIME,
+  website: StandardAttributeNames.WEBSITE,
 };
 
 function undefinedIfNoKeys(struct: object): object | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.expected.json
index bd91fc58f681a..7625b4a9a80d7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.expected.json
@@ -781,11 +781,13 @@
         "Schema": [
           {
             "Name": "name",
-            "Required": true
+            "Required": true,
+            "Mutable": true
           },
           {
             "Name": "email",
-            "Required": true
+            "Required": true,
+            "Mutable": true
           },
           {
             "AttributeDataType": "String",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.ts
index a55aa2697cf5f..1f4f7fe8193c5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/integ.user-pool-explicit-props.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const userpool = new UserPool(stack, 'myuserpool', {
   standardAttributes: {
     fullname: {
       required: true,
+      mutable: true,
     },
     email: {
       required: true,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
index 44862efc992aa..bd675d1930fd2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('required attributes', () => {
+  test('standard attributes default to mutable', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new Stack();
 
@@ -506,10 +506,12 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
         {
           Name: 'name',
           Required: true,
+          Mutable: true,
         },
         {
           Name: 'zoneinfo',
           Required: true,
+          Mutable: true,
         },
       ],
     });
@@ -521,6 +523,7 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
 
     // WHEN
     new UserPool(stack, 'Pool', {
+      userPoolName: 'Pool',
       standardAttributes: {
         fullname: {
           required: true,
@@ -533,8 +536,21 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
       },
     });
 
+    new UserPool(stack, 'Pool1', {
+      userPoolName: 'Pool1',
+      standardAttributes: {
+        fullname: {
+          mutable: false,
+        },
+        timezone: {
+          mutable: false,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
     // THEN
     expect(stack).toHaveResourceLike('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
+      UserPoolName: 'Pool',
       Schema: [
         {
           Mutable: true,
@@ -548,34 +564,21 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
         },
       ],
     });
-  });
-
-  test('schema is absent when standard attributes are specified but not required and not mutable', () => {
-    // GIVEN
-    const stack = new Stack();
-
-    // WHEN
-    new UserPool(stack, 'Pool1', {
-      userPoolName: 'Pool1',
-    });
-    new UserPool(stack, 'Pool2', {
-      userPoolName: 'Pool2',
-      standardAttributes: {
-        familyName: {
-          required: false,
-          mutable: false,
-        },
-      },
-    });
 
-    // THEN
     expect(stack).toHaveResourceLike('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
       UserPoolName: 'Pool1',
-      Schema: ABSENT,
-    });
-    expect(stack).toHaveResourceLike('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
-      UserPoolName: 'Pool2',
-      Schema: ABSENT,
+      Schema: [
+        {
+          Name: 'name',
+          Required: false,
+          Mutable: false,
+        },
+        {
+          Name: 'zoneinfo',
+          Required: false,
+          Mutable: false,
+        },
+      ],
     });
   });