diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index a463a06064..70e37b8220 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -2242,10 +2242,10 @@ class WorkflowJobListSerializer(WorkflowJobSerializer, UnifiedJobListSerializer)
     pass
 
 class WorkflowNodeBaseSerializer(BaseSerializer):
-    job_type = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    job_tags = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    limit = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    skip_tags = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    job_type = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False, default=None)
+    job_tags = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False, default=None)
+    limit = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False, default=None)
+    skip_tags = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False, default=None)
     success_nodes = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, read_only=True)
     failure_nodes = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, read_only=True)
     always_nodes = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, read_only=True)
@@ -2265,17 +2265,13 @@ class WorkflowNodeBaseSerializer(BaseSerializer):
             res['unified_job_template'] = obj.unified_job_template.get_absolute_url()
         return res
 
-    def get_job_type(self, obj):
-        return obj.char_prompts.get('job_type', None)
-
-    def get_job_tags(self, obj):
-        return obj.char_prompts.get('job_tags', None)
-
-    def get_skip_tags(self, obj):
-        return obj.char_prompts.get('skip_tags', None)
-
-    def get_limit(self, obj):
-        return obj.char_prompts.get('limit', None)
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        # char_prompts go through different validation, so remove them here
+        print ' attrs: ' + str(attrs)
+        for fd in ['job_type', 'job_tags', 'skip_tags', 'limit']:
+            if fd in attrs:
+                attrs.pop(fd)
+        return super(WorkflowNodeBaseSerializer, self).validate(attrs)
 
 
 class WorkflowJobTemplateNodeSerializer(WorkflowNodeBaseSerializer):
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 66980e141d..2327f11b6a 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2751,6 +2751,11 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplateWorkflowNodesList(SubListCreateAPIView):
     relationship = 'workflow_job_template_nodes'
     parent_key = 'workflow_job_template'
 
+    def update_raw_data(self, data):
+        for fd in ['job_type', 'job_tags', 'skip_tags', 'limit', 'skip_tags']:
+            data[fd] = None
+        return super(WorkflowJobTemplateWorkflowNodesList, self).update_raw_data(data)
+
 # TODO:
 class WorkflowJobTemplateJobsList(SubListAPIView):
 
diff --git a/awx/main/models/workflow.py b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
index 6ef5e88956..3bc0608cfc 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ class WorkflowNodeBase(CreatedModifiedModel):
                 data[fd] = self.char_prompts[fd]
         return data
 
+    @property
+    def job_type(self):
+        return self.char_prompts.get('job_type', None)
+
+    @property
+    def job_tags(self):
+        return self.char_prompts.get('job_tags', None)
+
+    @property
+    def skip_tags(self):
+        return self.char_prompts.get('skip_tags', None)
+
+    @property
+    def limit(self):
+        return self.char_prompts.get('limit', None)
+
     def get_prompts_warnings(self):
         ujt_obj = self.unified_job_template
         if ujt_obj is None: