diff --git a/schemas/metadata.json b/schemas/metadata.json
index 910fd3687b..937b817fa6 100644
--- a/schemas/metadata.json
+++ b/schemas/metadata.json
@@ -549,9 +549,8 @@
       "type": "boolean"
     },
     "ArchivePolicy": {
-      "description": "This determines the policy for moving old versions of an app to the archive repo, if one is configured. Currently the only supported format is “n versions”, where n is the number of versions to keep. Defaults to “3 versions”.",
-      "type": "string",
-      "pattern": "^[0-9]+ versions$"
+      "description": "This determines the number of versions to keep. The older versions of the app are moved to the archive repo, if one is configured. Defaults to 3.",
+      "type": "integer"
     },
     "AutoUpdateMode": {
       "description": "This determines the method used for auto-generating new builds when new releases are available - in other words, adding a new Build Version line to the metadata.",