diff --git a/data/schemas/keyboard.jsonschema b/data/schemas/keyboard.jsonschema
index ef2b4802a40a..e3a7aee6e940 100644
--- a/data/schemas/keyboard.jsonschema
+++ b/data/schemas/keyboard.jsonschema
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@
                 "animations": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "propertyNames": {"$ref": "./definitions.jsonschema#/snake_case"},
+                    "not": { "required": [ "solid" ] },
                     "additionalProperties": {"type": "boolean"}
                 },
                 "default": {
@@ -633,6 +634,7 @@
                 "animations": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "propertyNames": {"$ref": "./definitions.jsonschema#/snake_case"},
+                    "not": { "required": [ "solid_color" ] },
                     "additionalProperties": {"type": "boolean"}
                 },
                 "default": {
diff --git a/keyboards/mzmkb/slimdash/rev1/keyboard.json b/keyboards/mzmkb/slimdash/rev1/keyboard.json
index c9549c903b61..79474ccccfde 100644
--- a/keyboards/mzmkb/slimdash/rev1/keyboard.json
+++ b/keyboards/mzmkb/slimdash/rev1/keyboard.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
             "rainbow_moving_chevron": true,
             "rainbow_pinwheels": true,
             "raindrops": true,
-            "solid_color": true,
             "solid_multisplash": true,
             "solid_reactive": true,
             "solid_reactive_cross": true,
diff --git a/keyboards/splitkb/halcyon/elora/rev2/keyboard.json b/keyboards/splitkb/halcyon/elora/rev2/keyboard.json
index c2dc711f0739..e9bada181d7e 100644
--- a/keyboards/splitkb/halcyon/elora/rev2/keyboard.json
+++ b/keyboards/splitkb/halcyon/elora/rev2/keyboard.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
             "rainbow_moving_chevron": true,
             "rainbow_pinwheels": true,
             "raindrops": true,
-            "solid_color": true,
             "solid_multisplash": true,
             "solid_reactive": true,
             "solid_reactive_cross": true,