diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 0e0d042a4..caafedaba 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
-        "16.04",
         "18.04",
         "20.04"
       ]