diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 761d70aa5..973ef2ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - uses: ./init
       with:
-        languages: javascript
         config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
     - uses: ./analyze
diff --git a/init/action.yml b/init/action.yml
index 2a0750d69..b2bee1274 100644
--- a/init/action.yml
+++ b/init/action.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inputs:
     default: https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/download/codeql-bundle-20200427/codeql-bundle.tar.gz
   languages:
     description: The languages to be analysed
-    required: false
+    required: true
   token:
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   config-file: