diff --git a/schemas/1.6.0 b/schemas/1.6.0
deleted file mode 100644
index d539753a8..000000000
--- a/schemas/1.6.0
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-file_format: 1.0.0
-schema_url: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.6.0
-versions:
-  1.6.0:
-  1.5.0:
-  1.4.0:
diff --git a/tools/schema_check.sh b/tools/schema_check.sh
index 02825e752..b7c9e9e8d 100755
--- a/tools/schema_check.sh
+++ b/tools/schema_check.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# This is the list of vesions that were released before the schemas were
-# introduced and which did not require a schema file.
-declare -a skip_versions=("1.0.0" "1.0.1" "1.1.0" "1.2.0" "1.3.0")
+# List of vesions that do not require or have a schema.
+declare -a skip_versions=("1.0.0" "1.0.1" "1.1.0" "1.2.0" "1.3.0" "1.6.0")
 
 schemas_dir="../schemas"