diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index e3da7f0..e0e367b 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
                  prog,
                  parser_class,
                  dest=SUPPRESS,
-                 required=True,
+                 required=False,
                  help=None,
                  metavar=None):