diff --git a/config/default.schema.json b/config/default.schema.json
index 0bd469b3cd4..c225a79b7b7 100644
--- a/config/default.schema.json
+++ b/config/default.schema.json
@@ -1273,21 +1273,19 @@
 			"properties": {
 				"ENABLED": {
 					"type": "boolean",
+					"default": true,
 					"description": "Flag to turn on/off the Admin API."
 				},
 				"PORT": {
 					"type": "number",
+					"default": 4030,
 					"description": "Port of the exposed Admin API server."
 				},
 				"ALLOWED_API_KEYS": {
 					"type": "string",
+					"default":"",
 					"description": "Allowed Admin API keys (for accessing the Admin API)."
 				}
-			},
-			"default": {
-				"ENABLED": true,
-				"PORT": 4030,
-				"ALLOWED_API_KEYS": ""
 			}
 		},
 		"FEATURE_NEW_SCHOOL_ADMINISTRATION_PAGE_AS_DEFAULT_ENABLED": {