diff --git a/app/flatpak-builtins-build-finish.c b/app/flatpak-builtins-build-finish.c
index e913419b7..96a794574 100644
--- a/app/flatpak-builtins-build-finish.c
+++ b/app/flatpak-builtins-build-finish.c
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ collect_exports (GFile          *base,
     "share/krunner/dbusplugins",          /* KDE krunner DBus plugins */
     "share/appdata",                      /* Copy appdata/metainfo files (legacy path) */
     "share/metainfo",                     /* Copy appdata/metainfo files */
-    "share/metainfo/releases",            /* Copy AppStream release files */
     NULL,
   };
 
diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.c b/common/flatpak-dir.c
index 36d9b4314..8c2f77195 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.c
@@ -8997,7 +8997,6 @@ flatpak_export_dir (GFile        *source,
     "share/krunner/dbusplugins",           "../../..",
     "share/mime/packages",                 "../../..",
     "share/metainfo",                      "../..",
-    "share/metainfo/releases",             "../../..",
     "bin",                                 "..",
   };
   int i;