diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir-private.h b/common/flatpak-dir-private.h
index 701feee1..9e8c68aa 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir-private.h
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir-private.h
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ gboolean flatpak_remote_state_lookup_ref (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
                                           GError            **error);
 char **flatpak_remote_state_match_subrefs (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
                                            const char         *ref);
-gboolean flatpak_remote_state_lookup_repo_metadata (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
-                                                    const char         *key,
-                                                    const char         *format_string,
-                                                    ...);
 gboolean flatpak_remote_state_lookup_cache (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
                                             const char         *ref,
                                             guint64            *download_size,
diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.c b/common/flatpak-dir.c
index c7cea274..20e6cc51 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.c
@@ -416,33 +416,6 @@ flatpak_remote_state_match_subrefs (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
 }
 
 
-gboolean
-flatpak_remote_state_lookup_repo_metadata (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
-                                           const char         *key,
-                                           const char         *format_string,
-                                           ...)
-{
-  g_autoptr(GVariant) value = NULL;
-  va_list args;
-
-  if (self->metadata == NULL)
-    return FALSE;
-
-  /* Extract the metadata from it, if set. */
-  value = g_variant_lookup_value (self->metadata, key, NULL);
-  if (value == NULL)
-    return FALSE;
-
-  if (!g_variant_check_format_string (value, format_string, FALSE))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  va_start (args, format_string);
-  g_variant_get_va (value, format_string, NULL, &args);
-  va_end (args);
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 flatpak_remote_state_get_cache (FlatpakRemoteState *self,
                                 VarCacheRef        *out,