diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationParser.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationParser.java
index 093d3ae63..bab69310c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationParser.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.parse;
 
-import io.ebean.annotation.EbeanDDL;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanCascadeInfo;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.meta.DeployBeanDescriptor;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.meta.DeployBeanProperty;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotationParser extends AnnotationBase {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return true if the validation groups are {@link Default} (respectively empty) or contains {@link EbeanDDL}
+   * Return true if the validation groups are {@link Default} (respectively empty)
    * can be applied to DDL generation.
    */
   protected boolean isEbeanValidationGroups(Class<?>[] groups) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/basic/TestAnnotationBase.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/basic/TestAnnotationBase.java
index b080ab806..2f32a49e3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/basic/TestAnnotationBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/basic/TestAnnotationBase.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.tests.basic;
 
 import io.ebean.BaseTestCase;
-import io.ebean.annotation.EbeanDDL;
 import io.ebean.annotation.Where;
 import io.ebean.Platform;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
@@ -65,10 +64,8 @@ public class TestAnnotationBase extends BaseTestCase {
     @NotNull(groups = ValidationGroupSomething.class)
     private String null2;
 
-    @NotNull(groups = {ValidationGroupSomething.class, EbeanDDL.class})
     private String null3;
 
-
     public String getDirect() {
       return direct;
     }
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@ public class TestAnnotationBase extends BaseTestCase {
     assertTrue(bp.isNullable());
 
     bp = descriptor.findBeanProperty("null3");
-    assertFalse(bp.isNullable());
+    assertTrue(bp.isNullable());
   }
 
   @Test