diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index e78d7d7b..0756ab0f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
-        "16.04",
         "18.04",
         "20.04"
       ]