diff --git a/ifupdown2/addons/vxlan.py b/ifupdown2/addons/vxlan.py
index c21af7b..e2a1095 100644
--- a/ifupdown2/addons/vxlan.py
+++ b/ifupdown2/addons/vxlan.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class vxlan(moduleBase):
                              'example': ['vxlan-purge-remotes yes'],},
                     'vxlan-port': {
                         'help': 'vxlan UDP port (transmitted to vxlan driver)',
-                        'validvals': ['<number>'],
                         'example': ['vxlan-port 4789'],
                         'validrange': ['1', '65536'],
                         'default': '4789',