diff --git a/manifests/versionlock.pp b/manifests/versionlock.pp
index ecff9c53..9e11419f 100644
--- a/manifests/versionlock.pp
+++ b/manifests/versionlock.pp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   Enum['present', 'absent', 'exclude']      $ensure  = 'present',
   Optional[Yum::RpmVersion]                 $version = undef,
   Yum::RpmRelease                           $release = '*',
-  Variant[Yum::RpmEpoch, Enum['*']]          $epoch   = 0,
+  Integer[0]                                $epoch   = 0,
   Optional[Variant[Yum::RpmArch, Enum['*']]] $arch    = undef,
 ) {
   require yum::plugin::versionlock
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/yum_rpmepoch_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/yum_rpmepoch_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ff35bc..00000000
--- a/spec/type_aliases/yum_rpmepoch_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'Yum::Rpmepoch' do
-  it { is_expected.to allow_value(0) }
-  it { is_expected.to allow_value(10) }
-  it { is_expected.not_to allow_values('0') }
-  it { is_expected.not_to allow_values('b') }
-  it { is_expected.not_to allow_values('*') }
-  it { is_expected.not_to allow_values('-') }
-end
diff --git a/types/rpmepoch.pp b/types/rpmepoch.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d125c39..00000000
--- a/types/rpmepoch.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# @summary Valid epoch of rpm. 
-# It is always an integer greater than 0. 
-# Output of `rpm -q --queryformat '%{epoch}\n' package`
-type Yum::RpmEpoch   = Integer[0]