diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 64d0167f..c8ab122d 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
-        "16.04",
         "18.04",
         "20.04"
       ]