diff --git a/CRM/Core/Form.php b/CRM/Core/Form.php
index a3ef1cc1a20552ea52511bb9392dc7a64feb4980..7d48b6569e0a1620a650ca1427ed551688dbcfa2 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/Form.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/Form.php
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ class CRM_Core_Form extends HTML_QuickForm_Page {
       unset($extra['option_context']);
     }
 
-    $this->addRequiredAttribute($required, $extra);
     $element = $this->addElement($type, $name, CRM_Utils_String::purifyHTML($label), $attributes, $extra);
     if (HTML_QuickForm::isError($element)) {
       CRM_Core_Error::statusBounce(HTML_QuickForm::errorMessage($element));
@@ -1174,20 +1173,6 @@ class CRM_Core_Form extends HTML_QuickForm_Page {
     return self::$_template->get_template_vars($name);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * jQuery validate prefers to see a validation rule as a class (eg. "required").
-   * We can't add a class at the quickform level but jQuery validate also works with HTML5:
-   * HTML5 validation requires a separate attribute "required".
-   *
-   * @param $required
-   * @param $attributes
-   */
-  private function addRequiredAttribute($required, $attributes) {
-    // Ideally we do this by adding "required" as a class on the radio but we can't
-    // But adding the attribute "required" directly to the element also works.
-    $required ? $attributes['required'] = 1 : NULL;
-  }
-
   /**
    * @param string $name
    * @param $title
@@ -1205,8 +1190,6 @@ class CRM_Core_Form extends HTML_QuickForm_Page {
     $allowClear = !empty($attributes['allowClear']);
     unset($attributes['allowClear']);
     $attributes['id_suffix'] = $name;
-    // For jquery validate we need to flag the actual radio as required.
-    $this->addRequiredAttribute($required, $attributes);
     foreach ($values as $key => $var) {
       $optAttributes = $attributes;
       if (!empty($optionAttributes[$key])) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/FormTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/FormTest.php
index c55826cee59865938f23b93517bee87bd6cfbab1..57bca3e47b272206c08aadaddabef5cc2f4a0e6d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/FormTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/FormTest.php
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ class CRM_Core_FormTest extends CiviUnitTestCase {
           $form->_action = CRM_Core_Action::BASIC;
         },
       ],
+      'New Price Field' => [
+        'CRM_Price_Form_Field',
+        function(CRM_Core_Form $form) {
+          $form->set('sid', 1);
+          $form->_action = CRM_Core_Action::ADD;
+        },
+      ],
     ];
   }