diff --git a/src/controllers/user.js b/src/controllers/user.js
index 9e49456616..06d51d6554 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.js
+++ b/src/controllers/user.js
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ api.batchUpdate = function(req, res, next) {
     }else if(response.wasModified){
       // Preen 3-day past-completed To-Dos from Angular & mobile app
       response.todos = _.where(response.todos, function(t) {
-        return !t.completed || (t.challenge && t.challenge.id) || !t.archived;
+        return !t.completed || (t.challenge && t.challenge.id) || moment(t.dateCompleted).isAfter(moment().subtract('days',3));
       });
       res.json(200, response);
 
diff --git a/src/models/task.js b/src/models/task.js
index ec183b6d47..e0a695a1d6 100644
--- a/src/models/task.js
+++ b/src/models/task.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ var TodoSchema = new Schema(
   _.defaults({
     type: {type:String, 'default': 'todo'},
     completed: {type: Boolean, 'default': false},
-    archived: {type: Boolean, 'default': false},
     dateCompleted: Date,
     date: String, // due date for todos // FIXME we're getting parse errors, people have stored as "today" and "3/13". Need to run a migration & put this back to type: Date
     collapseChecklist:collapseChecklist,