diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
index 20698d920..b2ff154f3 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
             "description": "Don't upcast the embeddings to float32 when using PEFT. Useful for low-VRAM GPUs"
         },
     )
-    moe_kernels: bool = Field(
-        default=False,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Enable Axolotl's vendored MoE kernels when supported (e.g., DeepSeek V3)"
-        },
-    )
     reinit_weights: bool | None = Field(
         default=None,
         json_schema_extra={
@@ -119,6 +113,13 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
         },
     )
 
+    moe_kernels: bool | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        json_schema_extra={
+            "description": "Enable Axolotl's vendored MoE kernels when supported (e.g., DeepSeek V3)"
+        },
+    )
+
     trainer_cls: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         json_schema_extra={