diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 236549a2fa..eba6bbcf4e 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -4458,9 +4458,7 @@ class WorkflowJobLaunchSerializer(BaseSerializer):
     def validate(self, attrs):
         template = self.instance
 
-        accepted, rejected, errors = template._accept_or_ignore_job_kwargs(
-            _exclude_errors=['required'],
-            **attrs)
+        accepted, rejected, errors = template._accept_or_ignore_job_kwargs(**attrs)
         self._ignored_fields = rejected
 
         if template.inventory and template.inventory.pending_deletion is True:
diff --git a/awx/main/models/workflow.py b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
index 4d6cad4b4e..1ede7d1b31 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, WorkflowJobOptions, SurveyJobTempl
         workflow_job.copy_nodes_from_original(original=self)
         return workflow_job
 
-    def _accept_or_ignore_job_kwargs(self, _exclude_errors=(), **kwargs):
+    def _accept_or_ignore_job_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
         exclude_errors = kwargs.pop('_exclude_errors', [])
         prompted_data = {}
         rejected_data = {}