Auction theme 8.9 – removing Buy Now required field

Hello,

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a while and so have other people, see https://www.premiumpress.com/forums/topic/make-buy-it-now-and/ , https://www.premiumpress.com/forums/topic/can-buy-now-requirement-be-removed/.

The problem is that Buy Now, Buy Now price and Reserve price being required fields (please see attachments). Is there a way for them NOT to be required fields?

I have been directed to this post: https://www.premiumpress.com/forums/topic/responsive-auction-theme-make-it-buy-it-now-only/ however using this code removes the auction fields all together which is not what I would like to do. I would like to give users the option to put an auction, an auction/buy now or just a buy now. Many thanks,