diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
index 6715eae3..62595b2b 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   (s/nilable
    (s/cat :path ::path
           :arg (s/? ::arg)
-          :childs (s/* (s/and (s/nilable ::raw-routes))))))
+          :childs (s/* (s/nilable ::raw-routes)))))
 
 (s/def ::raw-routes
   (s/or :route ::raw-route