diff --git a/meta/files/layers.example.json b/meta/files/layers.example.json
index 0a6a6a7b48..f3b6522083 100644
--- a/meta/files/layers.example.json
+++ b/meta/files/layers.example.json
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "rev": "0a96edae609a3f48befac36af82cf1eed6786b4a"
-            },
-            "path": "meta-intel"
+            }
         },
         "poky": {
             "git-remote": {
diff --git a/meta/files/layers.schema.json b/meta/files/layers.schema.json
index 659ee8da49..b5c13fdb5c 100644
--- a/meta/files/layers.schema.json
+++ b/meta/files/layers.schema.json
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
                 "type": "object",
                 "description": "The upstream source from which a set of layers may be fetched",
                 "additionalProperties": false,
-                "required": [
-                    "path"
-                ],
                 "properties": {
                     "path": {
                         "description": "The path where this layer source will be placed when fetching",
diff --git a/scripts/oe-setup-layers b/scripts/oe-setup-layers
index 6fbfefd656..31cb963251 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-setup-layers
+++ b/scripts/oe-setup-layers
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _do_checkout(args, json):
     oesetupbuild = None
     for r_name in repos:
         r_data = repos[r_name]
-        repodir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(args['destdir'], r_data['path']))
+        repodir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(args['destdir'], r_data.get('path', r_name)))
         repodirs.append(repodir)
 
         if 'contains_this_file' in r_data.keys():