The state party had just instituted the pledge requirement in May.
Trump and DeSantis have a particularly fierce rivalry in their shared home state of Florida.
The oath requirement would have forced primary candidates to back the eventual nominee in order to get placed on the ballot.
Former state GOP chairman and state Sen. Joe Gruters asked that the requirement be removed during a party meeting Friday.
Gruters is a longtime Trump supporter and is one of the few Republican Florida lawmakers to back the former president over DeSantis.
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Locations:
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