diff --git a/geomagio/api/db/MetadataDatabaseFactory.py b/geomagio/api/db/MetadataDatabaseFactory.py
index 83cdde6cffbbbe399b2ba583e17f6b6d83b43929..8782ea4bb679687a95a2d47363301f7014d32ac0 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/db/MetadataDatabaseFactory.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/db/MetadataDatabaseFactory.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class MetadataDatabaseFactory(object):
             channel,
             location,
             data_valid,
-            metadata_valid,
             status,
         ) = params.datetime_dict().values()
         if id:
@@ -78,8 +77,6 @@ class MetadataDatabaseFactory(object):
             query = query.where(table.c.created_time < created_before)
         if data_valid is not None:
             query = query.where(table.c.data_valid == data_valid)
-        if metadata_valid is not None:
-            query = query.where(table.c.metadata_valid == metadata_valid)
         if status is not None:
             query = query.where(table.c.status.in_(status))
         rows = await self.database.fetch_all(query)
diff --git a/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py b/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
index e55e66878b063583136afaa8a2de152c3a37e859..6b5716db50b2e96b9102f0c16f61a021884e6bee 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ metadata = Table(
     Column("priority", Integer, default=1),
     # whether data is valid (primarily for flags)
     Column("data_valid", Boolean, default=True, index=True),
-    # whether metadata is valid (based on review)
-    Column("metadata_valid", Boolean, default=True, index=True),
     # deletion status indicator
     Column("status", String(length=255), nullable=True),
     # metadata json blob
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ metadata = Table(
         "starttime",
         "endtime",
         # valid
-        "metadata_valid",
         "data_valid",
         "status",
     ),
diff --git a/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py b/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
index ac8113acf98b353f8ef306ae727349527c209665..e5acb0849bc3f08cb00b3e6a8ed092adcfd4b6bd 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def get_metadata_query(
     channel: str = None,
     location: str = None,
     data_valid: bool = None,
-    metadata_valid: bool = True,
     status: List[str] = Query(None),
 ) -> MetadataQuery:
     return MetadataQuery(
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ def get_metadata_query(
         channel=channel,
         location=location,
         data_valid=data_valid,
-        metadata_valid=metadata_valid,
         status=status,
     )
 
diff --git a/geomagio/api/ws/metadata.py b/geomagio/api/ws/metadata.py
index fb5627a0578702cdd2e763a4fe09e586ae1a51b9..1775569a434dda86c04a731494ea0060db1980d0 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/ws/metadata.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/ws/metadata.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ async def get_metadata(
     channel: str = None,
     location: str = None,
     data_valid: bool = None,
-    metadata_valid: bool = True,
     status: List[str] = Query(None),
 ):
     query = MetadataQuery(
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ async def get_metadata(
         channel=channel,
         location=location,
         data_valid=data_valid,
-        metadata_valid=metadata_valid,
         status=status,
     )
     metas = await MetadataDatabaseFactory(database=database).get_metadata(