diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8bbc8ed94..a0572ca580 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 ### Linting
 
+- Make `nf-core schema lint` and `nf-core lint` consistently not requiring positional path arguments
 ### General
 
 - Add function to enable chat notifications on MS Teams, accompanied by `hook_url` param to enable it.
diff --git a/nf_core/__main__.py b/nf_core/__main__.py
index 39cd1390ab..fe199837ca 100755
--- a/nf_core/__main__.py
+++ b/nf_core/__main__.py
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ def build(dir, no_prompts, web_only, url):
 
 # nf-core schema lint
 @schema.command()
-@click.argument("schema_path", type=click.Path(exists=True), required=True, metavar="<pipeline schema>")
+@click.argument("schema_path", type=click.Path(exists=True), required=False, metavar="<pipeline schema>")
 def lint(schema_path):
     """
     Check that a given pipeline schema is valid.