diff --git a/src/xapi_schema/spec.cljc b/src/xapi_schema/spec.cljc
index 1fd996e..05c351f 100644
--- a/src/xapi_schema/spec.cljc
+++ b/src/xapi_schema/spec.cljc
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@
                    true)))))
 
 (s/def ::statements
-  (s/coll-of ::statement :into [] :min-count 1))
+  (s/coll-of ::statement :into []))
 
 (s/def ::lrs-statements
-  (s/coll-of ::lrs-statement :into [] :min-count 1))
+  (s/coll-of ::lrs-statement :into []))
diff --git a/test/xapi_schema/spec_test.cljc b/test/xapi_schema/spec_test.cljc
index 3bb546d..b7d6e12 100644
--- a/test/xapi_schema/spec_test.cljc
+++ b/test/xapi_schema/spec_test.cljc
@@ -626,3 +626,14 @@
                       "verb" {"id" "http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/voided"
                               "display" {"en-US" "voided"}}
                       "object" {"id" "http://example.com/activities/1"}})))
+
+(deftest statements-test
+  (testing "generic statememt batch"
+    (should-satisfy+ ::xs/statements
+                     [simple-statement]
+                     [simple-statement long-statement]
+                     []))
+  (testing "LRS retrieval statement batch"
+    (should-satisfy+ ::xs/lrs-statements
+                     [d/statement] ; This statement has ID and other required fields
+                     [])))