diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/apex-app-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index c35b3af..46439df 100644
--- a/apex-app-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/apex-app-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
     xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <requiredProperties>
-    <requiredProperty key="archetypeVersion">
-      <defaultValue>${archetypeVersion}</defaultValue>
-    </requiredProperty>
     <requiredProperty key="apexCoreVersion">
       <!-- the actual version even when ${archetypeVersion} is LATEST -->
       <defaultValue>${project.version}</defaultValue>
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/apex-conf-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index d739c53..300b356 100644
--- a/apex-conf-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/apex-conf-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
 <archetype-descriptor xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-descriptor-1.0.0.xsd" name="apex-app-archetype"
     xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-  <requiredProperties>
-    <requiredProperty key="archetypeVersion">
-      <defaultValue>${archetypeVersion}</defaultValue>
-    </requiredProperty>
-  </requiredProperties>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet filtered="true" encoding="UTF-8">
       <directory>src/main/resources/META-INF</directory>