diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index 42cc825b8..ab3872d16 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ list.erlang = {
     url = "https://github.com/AbstractMachinesLab/tree-sitter-erlang",
     files = { "src/parser.c" },
     branch = "main",
-    requires_generate_from_grammar  = true,
   },
   maintainers = { '@ostera' },
 }