diff --git a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/executor.py b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/executor.py
index d3fa522619..828ea352da 100644
--- a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/executor.py
+++ b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/executor.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, Tuple, Union
 
 import typeguard
 
@@ -357,10 +357,8 @@ def worker_logdir(self):
         return self.logdir
 
     def validate_resource_spec(self, resource_specification: dict):
-        """HTEX supports the following *Optional* resource specifications:
-        priority: lower value is higher priority"""
         if resource_specification:
-            acceptable_fields = {'priority'}
+            acceptable_fields: Set[str] = set()  # add new resource spec field names here to make htex accept them
             keys = set(resource_specification.keys())
             invalid_keys = keys - acceptable_fields
             if invalid_keys:
diff --git a/parsl/tests/test_htex/test_resource_spec_validation.py b/parsl/tests/test_htex/test_resource_spec_validation.py
index 2a6d577416..5587891650 100644
--- a/parsl/tests/test_htex/test_resource_spec_validation.py
+++ b/parsl/tests/test_htex/test_resource_spec_validation.py
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ def test_resource_spec_validation():
     assert ret_val is None
 
 
-@pytest.mark.local
-def test_resource_spec_validation_one_key():
-    htex = HighThroughputExecutor()
-    ret_val = htex.validate_resource_spec({"priority": 2})
-    assert ret_val is None
-
-
 @pytest.mark.local
 def test_resource_spec_validation_bad_keys():
     htex = HighThroughputExecutor()