diff --git a/src/event/format/json.rs b/src/event/format/json.rs
index c0be9320d..8e12a74f5 100644
--- a/src/event/format/json.rs
+++ b/src/event/format/json.rs
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ impl EventFormat for Event {
             }
         };
 
-        if !static_schema_flag
-            && value_arr
+        if value_arr
                 .iter()
                 .any(|value| fields_mismatch(&schema, value, schema_version))
         {