diff --git a/specs-go/config.go b/specs-go/config.go
index 3c744ed86..70d708d23 100644
--- a/specs-go/config.go
+++ b/specs-go/config.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ type LinuxSeccompArg struct {
 type LinuxSyscall struct {
 	Names  []string           `json:"names"`
 	Action LinuxSeccompAction `json:"action"`
-	Args   []LinuxSeccompArg  `json:"args"`
+	Args   []LinuxSeccompArg  `json:"args,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // LinuxIntelRdt has container runtime resource constraints