diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Alias.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Alias.xml
index 9997dc8f3..d51f31cb2 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Alias.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Alias.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@
                       </check001>
                   </Constraints>
                 </interface>
-                <counters type="BooleanField">
-                    <default>0</default>
-                </counters>
+                <counters type="BooleanField"/>
                 <updatefreq type="NumericField">
                     <ValidationMessage>Days and hours should be numeric values or left empty</ValidationMessage>
                 </updatefreq>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Category.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Category.xml
index 01795f6eb..3327a01a1 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Category.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Category.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
                         </check001>
                     </Constraints>
                 </name>
-                <auto type="BooleanField">
-                    <default>0</default>
-                </auto>
+                <auto type="BooleanField"/>
                 <color type="TextField">
                     <Required>N</Required>
                     <mask>/^([0-9a-fA-F]){6,6}$/u</mask>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Group.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Group.xml
index 38eb58523..7835d0ad8 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Group.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Group.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
                 <Required>Y</Required>
                 <Multiple>Y</Multiple>
             </members>
-            <nogroup type="BooleanField">
-                <default>0</default>
-                <Required>N</Required>
-            </nogroup>
+            <nogroup type="BooleanField"/>
             <sequence type="IntegerField">
                 <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                 <MaximumValue>9999</MaximumValue>