diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index a0ca59736f..cbbe28365e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Dialogs\empty.htm" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Dialogs\republish.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Dialogs\SendPublish.aspx" />
-    <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Application\JQuery\jquery.metadata.min.js" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Application\UmbracoUtils.js" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Application\UmbracoApplicationActions.js" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Application\NamespaceManager.js" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1490a7e64e..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Metadata - jQuery plugin for parsing metadata from elements
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 John Resig, Yehuda Katz, J�örn Zaefferer, Paul McLanahan
- *
- * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
- *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- *
- * Revision: $Id: jquery.metadata.js 3620 2007-10-10 20:55:38Z pmclanahan $
- *
- */
-(function($){$.extend({metadata:{defaults:{type:'class',name:'metadata',cre:/({.*})/,single:'metadata'},setType:function(type,name){this.defaults.type=type;this.defaults.name=name;},get:function(elem,opts){var settings=$.extend({},this.defaults,opts);if(!settings.single.length)settings.single='metadata';var data=$.data(elem,settings.single);if(data)return data;data="{}";if(settings.type=="class"){var m=settings.cre.exec(elem.className);if(m)data=m[1];}else if(settings.type=="elem"){if(!elem.getElementsByTagName)return;var e=elem.getElementsByTagName(settings.name);if(e.length)data=$.trim(e[0].innerHTML);}else if(elem.getAttribute!=undefined){var attr=elem.getAttribute(settings.name);if(attr)data=attr;}if(data.indexOf('{')<0)data="{"+data+"}";data=eval("("+data+")");$.data(elem,settings.single,data);return data;}}});$.fn.metadata=function(opts){return $.metadata.get(this[0],opts);};})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
index 0c0ebde767..4c1b444d9b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Bundles
     /// The core Jquery libs
     /// </summary>
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "modal/jquery.simplemodal.1.4.1.custom.js", "UmbracoClient", Priority = 2, Group = 4)]
-    [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js", "UmbracoClient", Priority = 4, Group = 4)]
     public class JsJQueryPlugins : Control
     {
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/Tree/CustomTreeControl.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/Tree/CustomTreeControl.cs
index fac5b6ebb0..783044ac75 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/Tree/CustomTreeControl.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/Tree/CustomTreeControl.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ namespace umbraco.controls.Tree
     [ClientDependency(0, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/NamespaceManager.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/UmbracoApplicationActions.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/UmbracoUtils.js", "UmbracoClient")]
-    [ClientDependency(10, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency(11, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Tree/jquery.tree.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency(12, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Tree/UmbracoContext.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency(12, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Tree/jquery.tree.contextmenu.js", "UmbracoClient")]