diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/pathpatterns.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/pathpatterns.rs
index c40926a4..505ecc8a 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/pathpatterns.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/pathpatterns.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use proxmox_schema::{const_regex, ApiStringFormat, ApiType, ArraySchema, Schema, StringSchema};
+use proxmox_schema::{const_regex, ApiStringFormat, ApiType, Schema, StringSchema};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ pub const PATH_PATTERN_SCHEMA: Schema =
         .format(&PATH_PATTERN_FORMAT)
         .schema();
 
-pub const PATH_PATTERN_LIST_SCHEMA: Schema = ArraySchema::new(
-    "List of paths or match patterns for matching filenames.",
-    &PATH_PATTERN_SCHEMA,
-)
-.schema();
-
 #[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 /// Path or path pattern for filename matching
 pub struct PathPattern {
@@ -34,22 +28,3 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for PathPattern {
         self.pattern.as_bytes()
     }
 }
-
-#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-/// Array of paths and/or path patterns for filename matching
-pub struct PathPatterns {
-    patterns: Vec<PathPattern>,
-}
-
-impl ApiType for PathPatterns {
-    const API_SCHEMA: Schema = PATH_PATTERN_LIST_SCHEMA;
-}
-
-impl IntoIterator for PathPatterns {
-    type Item = PathPattern;
-    type IntoIter = std::vec::IntoIter<PathPattern>;
-
-    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
-        self.patterns.into_iter()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
index cfeed77d..89f91e2b 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use pxar::accessor::{MaybeReady, ReadAt, ReadAtOperation};
 
 use pbs_api_types::{
     ArchiveType, Authid, BackupArchiveName, BackupDir, BackupGroup, BackupNamespace, BackupPart,
-    BackupType, ClientRateLimitConfig, CryptMode, Fingerprint, GroupListItem, PathPatterns,
+    BackupType, ClientRateLimitConfig, CryptMode, Fingerprint, GroupListItem, PathPattern,
     PruneJobOptions, PruneListItem, RateLimitConfig, SnapshotListItem, StorageStatus,
     BACKUP_ID_SCHEMA, BACKUP_NAMESPACE_SCHEMA, BACKUP_TIME_SCHEMA, BACKUP_TYPE_SCHEMA,
     CATALOG_NAME, ENCRYPTED_KEY_BLOB_NAME, MANIFEST_BLOB_NAME,
@@ -1407,7 +1407,11 @@ We do not extract '.pxar' archives when writing to standard output.
                 flatten: true,
             },
             pattern: {
-                type: PathPatterns,
+                type: Array,
+                items: {
+                    type: PathPattern,
+                },
+                description: "Path or match pattern to limit files that get restored.",
                 optional: true,
             },
             "allow-existing-dirs": {
diff --git a/pxar-bin/src/main.rs b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
index eb3580d9..7dff1e38 100644
--- a/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
 
 use pathpatterns::{MatchEntry, MatchType, PatternFlag};
-use pbs_api_types::PathPatterns;
+
+use pbs_api_types::PathPattern;
 use pbs_client::pxar::tools::format_single_line_entry;
 use pbs_client::pxar::{
     Flags, OverwriteFlags, PxarExtractOptions, PxarWriters, ENCODER_MAX_ENTRIES,
@@ -55,8 +56,12 @@ fn extract_archive_from_reader<R: std::io::Read>(
                 description: "Archive name.",
             },
             pattern: {
-                type: PathPatterns,
+                type: Array,
+                items: {
+                    type: PathPattern,
+                },
                 optional: true,
+                description: "Path or match pattern to limit files that get restored.",
             },
             target: {
                 description: "Target directory",