Plugin validation fails without a configuration section

[lox]

I have a plugin without any configuration. It fails the linter:

+++ :bats: Linting
TAP version 14
not ok 1 - plugin.yml fails schema validation
  ---
  errors:
    - instancePath: ""
      schemaPath: "#/required"
      keyword: required
      params:
        missingProperty: configuration
      message: must have required property 'configuration'
  at:
    fileName: lib/linters/plugin-yaml-linter.js
    lineNumber: 20
    columnNumber: 11
    functionName: default
    isToplevel: true
  stack: |
    default (lib/linters/plugin-yaml-linter.js:20:11)
    bin/lint:46:3
  source: |2
      if (!valid) {
        if (!silent) {
          tap.fail('plugin.yml fails schema validation', {
    ----------^
            errors: validator.errors,
            at: false,