diff --git a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
index 19bf4ea822..90dceab707 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ of item.
    under the ``zuul`` key:
 
    .. var:: artifacts
-      :type: dict
+      :type: list
 
       If the job has a :attr:`job.requires` attribute, and Zuul has
       found changes ahead of this change in the pipeline with matching
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ under the **zuul.artifacts** dictionary.  For example:
         data:
           zuul:
             artifacts:
-              tarball:
+              - name: tarball
                 url: http://example.com/path/to/package.tar.gz
                 metadata:
                   version: 3.0
-              docs:
+              - name: docs:
                 url: build/docs/
 
 If the value of **url** is a relative URL, it will be combined with
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/artifact-format-2de4b9c038e28115.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/artifact-format-2de4b9c038e28115.yaml
index 91c90ef0e6..0bfa1654fb 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/artifact-format-2de4b9c038e28115.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/artifact-format-2de4b9c038e28115.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,3 @@
 features:
   - Artifacts may now include a metadata field for storing arbitrary
     metadata about the artifacts in the SQL database.
-deprecations:
-  - Artifacts should now be supplied to zuul_return in dictionary form
-    instead of a list.  See :ref:`return_artifacts`.
-
-    This is to aid in multiple playbooks providing information back to
-    Zuul without requiring coordination with each other.
-
-    Support for the list format will be removed in a future version.
diff --git a/zuul/lib/artifacts.py b/zuul/lib/artifacts.py
index 81a83386f7..592a7fc4fb 100644
--- a/zuul/lib/artifacts.py
+++ b/zuul/lib/artifacts.py
@@ -15,20 +15,16 @@
 import voluptuous as v
 import urllib.parse
 
-old_artifact = {
-    'name': str,
-    'url': str,
-}
-
-new_artifact = {
-    'url': str,
+artifact = {
+    'name': v.Required(str),
+    'url': v.Required(str),
     'metadata': dict,
 }
 
 zuul_data = {
     'zuul': {
         'log_url': str,
-        'artifacts': v.Any([old_artifact], {str: new_artifact}),
+        'artifacts': [artifact],
         v.Extra: object,
     }
 }
@@ -48,18 +44,13 @@ def get_artifacts_from_result_data(result_data, logger=None):
     ret = []
     if validate_artifact_schema(result_data):
         artifacts = result_data.get('zuul', {}).get(
-            'artifacts', {})
-        if isinstance(artifacts, list):
-            new_artifacts = {}
-            for a in artifacts:
-                new_artifacts[a['name']] = {'url': a['url']}
-            artifacts = new_artifacts
+            'artifacts', [])
         default_url = result_data.get('zuul', {}).get(
             'log_url')
         if default_url:
             if default_url[-1] != '/':
                 default_url += '/'
-        for artifact_name, artifact in artifacts.items():
+        for artifact in artifacts:
             url = artifact['url']
             if default_url:
                 # If the artifact url is relative, it will be combined
@@ -72,7 +63,6 @@ def get_artifacts_from_result_data(result_data, logger=None):
                         logger.debug("Error parsing URL:",
                                      exc_info=1)
             d = artifact.copy()
-            d['name'] = artifact_name
             d['url'] = url
             ret.append(d)
     else: