diff --git a/data/interoperability-metadata/ets-md-iop-bsxets.xml b/data/interoperability-metadata/ets-md-iop-bsxets.xml
index e1f1917c9..7a5ee9a97 100644
--- a/data/interoperability-metadata/ets-md-iop-bsxets.xml
+++ b/data/interoperability-metadata/ets-md-iop-bsxets.xml
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ let $messages :=
 	   (if ($format/gmd:MD_Format/gmd:name/*) then () else
 		 local:addMessage('TR.incompleteEncoding', map { 'filename': local:filename($record), 'id': $rid, 'missing': 'name' }),
 	    if ($format/gmd:MD_Format/gmd:version/*) then () else
-		 local:addMessage('TR.incompleteEncoding', map { 'filename': local:filename($record), 'id': $rid, 'missing': 'version' }),
-	    if ($format/gmd:MD_Format/gmd:specification/*) then () else
-		 local:addMessage('TR.incompleteEncoding', map { 'filename': local:filename($record), 'id': $rid, 'missing': 'specification' }))
+		 local:addMessage('TR.incompleteEncoding', map { 'filename': local:filename($record), 'id': $rid, 'missing': 'version' }))
 	)[position() le $limitErrors]
 return
 (if ($messages) then 'FAILED' else 'PASSED',