diff --git a/schemas/atlas/annotation.schema.tpl.json b/schemas/atlas/annotation.schema.tpl.json
index 075ce6a27..25df728d2 100644
--- a/schemas/atlas/annotation.schema.tpl.json
+++ b/schemas/atlas/annotation.schema.tpl.json
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
     "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
-    "anchorPoint": {
-      "type": "array",      
-      "minItems": 2,
-      "maxItems": 3,
-      "_instruction": "Enter the coordinates of the anchor point for this annotation (e.g., its centroid in two dimensional space as [x, y] or in three dimensional space as [x, y, z]).",
-      "_embeddedTypes": [
-        "core:QuantitativeValue"
-      ]
-    },
     "criteria": {
       "_instruction": "Add the protocol execution defining the criteria that were applied to produce this annotation.",
       "_linkedTypes": [