diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/TrashItem.php b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/TrashItem.php
index 12fd9b7c13..71830d8b91 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/TrashItem.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/TrashItem.php
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ class TrashItem implements ITrashItem {
 		return $this->getOriginalLocation();
 	}
 
-	public function getMetadataEtag(): ?string {
-		return $this->fileInfo->getMetadataEtag();
-	}
-
 	public function getCreationTime(): int {
 		return $this->fileInfo->getCreationTime();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/FileInfo.php b/lib/private/Files/FileInfo.php
index bdc7a4b634..ff6ab61270 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/FileInfo.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/FileInfo.php
@@ -407,10 +407,6 @@ class FileInfo implements \OCP\Files\FileInfo, \ArrayAccess {
 		return pathinfo($this->getName(), PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
 	}
 
-	public function getMetadataEtag(): ?string {
-		return $this->data['metadata_etag'];
-	}
-
 	public function getCreationTime(): int {
 		return $this->data['creation_time'];
 	}
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Node/LazyRoot.php b/lib/private/Files/Node/LazyRoot.php
index 3e54d1254a..f5d8cdc91a 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Node/LazyRoot.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Node/LazyRoot.php
@@ -481,13 +481,6 @@ class LazyRoot implements IRootFolder {
 		return $this->__call(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @inheritDoc
-	 */
-	public function getMetadataEtag(): ?string {
-		return $this->__call(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Node/Node.php b/lib/private/Files/Node/Node.php
index dcf5efa62d..95d16cf5c9 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Node/Node.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Node/Node.php
@@ -444,10 +444,6 @@ class Node implements \OCP\Files\Node {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public function getMetadataEtag(): ?string {
-		return $this->getFileInfo()->getMetadataEtag();
-	}
-
 	public function getCreationTime(): int {
 		return $this->getFileInfo()->getCreationTime();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/FileInfo.php b/lib/public/Files/FileInfo.php
index e1b57d4788..4d9e76b27f 100644
--- a/lib/public/Files/FileInfo.php
+++ b/lib/public/Files/FileInfo.php
@@ -269,16 +269,6 @@ interface FileInfo {
 	 */
 	public function getExtension(): string;
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the metadata etag for the file
-	 *
-	 * Unlike the regular etag, the metadata etag also gets updated on metadata only changes
-	 *
-	 * @return string | null
-	 * @since 18.0.0
-	 */
-	public function getMetadataEtag(): ?string;
-
 	/**
 	 * Get the creation date as unix timestamp
 	 *