diff --git a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
index 0d0424fc3..c70d46e98 100644
--- a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
+++ b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,6 @@ static void metadata_destroy(void *data)
 	pa_context *c = global->context;
 	if (c->metadata == global)
 		c->metadata = NULL;
-	pw_array_clear(&global->metadata_info.metadata);
 }
 
 struct global_info metadata_info = {
@@ -1430,7 +1429,6 @@ static int set_mask(pa_context *c, struct global *g)
 			g->mask = PA_SUBSCRIPTION_MASK_SERVER;
 			g->event = PA_SUBSCRIPTION_EVENT_SERVER;
 		}
-		pw_array_init(&g->metadata_info.metadata, 64);
 	} else {
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/internal.h b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/internal.h
index f3020503a..81156cf32 100644
--- a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/internal.h
+++ b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/internal.h
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ struct global {
 		struct {
 			pa_client_info info;
 		} client_info;
-		struct {
-			struct pw_array metadata;
-		} metadata_info;
 	};
 };