diff --git a/src/components/LicenseRemindModal/index.jsx b/src/components/LicenseRemindModal/index.jsx
index f8c1e0793e..e873d5d3c0 100644
--- a/src/components/LicenseRemindModal/index.jsx
+++ b/src/components/LicenseRemindModal/index.jsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class LicenseRemindModal extends React.Component {
       sendLicenseReminder,
     } = this.props;
     // Validate form data
-    validateEmailTemplateForm(formData, 'email-template-body');
+    validateEmailTemplateForm(formData, 'email-template-body', false);
     // Configure the options to send to the assignment reminder API endpoint
     const options = {
       greeting: formData['email-template-greeting'],
diff --git a/src/data/validation/email.js b/src/data/validation/email.js
index d816a12eb7..06e8204822 100644
--- a/src/data/validation/email.js
+++ b/src/data/validation/email.js
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ is invalid. Please try again.`;
   return errorsDict;
 };
 
-const validateEmailTemplateForm = (formData, templateKey) => {
+const validateEmailTemplateForm = (formData, templateKey, isSubjectRequired = true) => {
   // Takes redux form data and a string template key
   // Throws an error or otherwise returns nothing.
-  const errorsDict = validateEmailTemplateFields(formData, templateKey);
+  const errorsDict = validateEmailTemplateFields(formData, templateKey, isSubjectRequired);
 
   if (Object.keys(errorsDict) > 1 || errorsDict._error.length > 0) {
     throw new SubmissionError(errorsDict);
diff --git a/src/data/validation/email.test.js b/src/data/validation/email.test.js
index 67f95bdbd7..92e6209268 100644
--- a/src/data/validation/email.test.js
+++ b/src/data/validation/email.test.js
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ describe('email validation', () => {
       formData[EMAIL_TEMPLATE_SUBJECT_KEY] = 'Subject';
       expect(validateEmailTemplateForm(formData, templateKey)).toBeUndefined();
     });
+
+    it('returns nothing on successful validation (and no subject is required)', () => {
+      const formData = new FormData();
+      formData[EMAIL_ADDRESS_CSV_FORM_DATA] = ['bobby1@test.com', 'bobby2@test.com'];
+      formData[templateKey] = 'Template 1';
+      expect(validateEmailTemplateForm(formData, templateKey, false)).toBeUndefined();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('validate email address and template form', () => {