diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 6d074dbf71..d7fd32dbea 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "14.04",
-        "16.04",
         "18.04",
         "20.04"
       ]