diff --git a/build_helpers/schema.json b/build_helpers/schema.json
index 5fb1772c6..ff99fbe78 100644
--- a/build_helpers/schema.json
+++ b/build_helpers/schema.json
@@ -1417,8 +1417,7 @@
         },
         "fit_live_predictions_candles": {
           "description": "Number of historical candles to use for computing target (label) statistics from prediction data, instead of from the training dataset.",
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": false
+          "type": "integer"
         },
         "data_kitchen_thread_count": {
           "description": "Designate the number of threads you want to use for data processing (outlier methods, normalization, etc.).",
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py b/freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py
index 61726a863..d517048c7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
                         "statistics from prediction data, instead of from the training dataset."
                     ),
                     "type": "integer",
-                    "default": 0,
                 },
                 "data_kitchen_thread_count": {
                     "description": (