diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index 052cfb3..c84fb0e 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ if (GETTEXT_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE)
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vncviewer/*.h
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vncviewer/*.cxx
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vncviewer/*.desktop.in.in
-    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vncviewer/*.metainfo.xml.in
   )
 
   add_custom_target(translations_update
diff --git a/vncviewer/CMakeLists.txt b/vncviewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 15eac66..450b732 100644
--- a/vncviewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vncviewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,34 +100,6 @@ if(UNIX)
   add_custom_target(desktop ALL DEPENDS vncviewer.desktop)
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vncviewer.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/applications)
 
-  if("${GETTEXT_VERSION_STRING}" VERSION_GREATER 0.19.6)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      COMMAND ${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE}
-                --xml --template ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in
-                -d ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po -o org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in
-    )
-  elseif(INTLTOOL_MERGE_EXECUTABLE)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      COMMAND sed -e 's@<name>@<_name>@\;s@</name>@</_name>@'
-                  -e 's@<summary>@<_summary>@\;s@</summary>@</_summary>@'
-                  -e 's@<caption>@<_caption>@\;s@</caption>@</_caption>@'
-                  -e 's@<p>@<_p>@g\;s@</p>@</_p>@g'
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in > org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.intl
-      COMMAND ${INTLTOOL_MERGE_EXECUTABLE}
-                -x ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po
-                org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.intl org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in
-    )
-  else()
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml
-      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml.in
-    )
-  endif()
-  add_custom_target(appstream ALL DEPENDS org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml)
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.tigervnc.vncviewer.metainfo.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/metainfo)
-
   foreach(res 16 22 24 32 48 64 128)
     install(FILES ../media/icons/tigervnc_${res}.png DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/${res}x${res}/apps RENAME tigervnc.png)
   endforeach()