diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Optional.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Optional.php
index 36b615f3f3..dab8b4371f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Optional.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Optional.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints;
 
 /**
  * @Annotation
- * @Target({"PROPERTY", "METHOD", "ANNOTATION"})
+ * @Target({"ANNOTATION"})
  *
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Required.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Required.php
index 66ced405e9..bd77a909f9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Required.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Required.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints;
 
 /**
  * @Annotation
- * @Target({"PROPERTY", "METHOD", "ANNOTATION"})
+ * @Target({"ANNOTATION"})
  *
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */