diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10177-git-config-required.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10177-git-config-required.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6d7a2f50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10177-git-config-required.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - git_config - remove redundant ``required=False`` from ``argument_spec`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10177).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/git_config.py b/plugins/modules/git_config.py
index 6a6eff0be2..4dc27e9b92 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/git_config.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/git_config.py
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ def main():
             name=dict(type='str'),
             repo=dict(type='path'),
             file=dict(type='path'),
-            add_mode=dict(required=False, type='str', default='replace-all', choices=['add', 'replace-all']),
-            scope=dict(required=False, type='str', choices=['file', 'local', 'global', 'system']),
-            state=dict(required=False, type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
-            value=dict(required=False),
+            add_mode=dict(type='str', default='replace-all', choices=['add', 'replace-all']),
+            scope=dict(type='str', choices=['file', 'local', 'global', 'system']),
+            state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
+            value=dict(),
         ),
         mutually_exclusive=[['list_all', 'name'], ['list_all', 'value'], ['list_all', 'state']],
         required_if=[