diff --git a/src/eth/storage/hybrid/hybrid_state.rs b/src/eth/storage/hybrid/hybrid_state.rs
index 72fcb575f..b6df91ea3 100644
--- a/src/eth/storage/hybrid/hybrid_state.rs
+++ b/src/eth/storage/hybrid/hybrid_state.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ pub struct HybridStorageState {
     pub blocks_by_number: Arc<RocksDb<BlockNumber, Block>>,
     pub blocks_by_hash: Arc<RocksDb<Hash, BlockNumber>>,
     pub logs: Arc<RocksDb<(Hash, Index), LogMined>>,
-    pub metadata: Arc<RocksDb<String, String>>,
 }
 
 impl HybridStorageState {
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ impl HybridStorageState {
             blocks_by_number: Arc::new(RocksDb::new("./data/blocks_by_number.rocksdb", DbConfig::LargeSSTFiles).unwrap()),
             blocks_by_hash: Arc::new(RocksDb::new("./data/blocks_by_hash.rocksdb", DbConfig::LargeSSTFiles).unwrap()), //XXX this is not needed we can afford to have blocks_by_hash pointing into blocks_by_number
             logs: Arc::new(RocksDb::new("./data/logs.rocksdb", DbConfig::LargeSSTFiles).unwrap()),
-            metadata: Arc::new(RocksDb::new("./data/metadata.rocksdb", DbConfig::Default).unwrap()),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/eth/storage/hybrid/mod.rs b/src/eth/storage/hybrid/mod.rs
index 6fe2afdc5..89cfe2960 100644
--- a/src/eth/storage/hybrid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/eth/storage/hybrid/mod.rs
@@ -388,14 +388,10 @@ impl PermanentStorage for HybridPermanentStorage {
         let hash = block.hash().clone();
 
         let blocks_by_number = Arc::clone(&self.state.blocks_by_number);
-        let metadata = Arc::clone(&self.state.metadata);
         let blocks_by_hash = Arc::clone(&self.state.blocks_by_hash);
         let block_clone = block.clone();
         let hash_clone = hash.clone();
         futures.push(tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || blocks_by_number.insert(number, block_clone)));
-        futures.push(tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            metadata.insert("current_block_number".to_string(), number.as_u64().to_string());
-        }));
         futures.push(tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || blocks_by_hash.insert(hash_clone, number)));
 
         futures.append(