diff --git a/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/azext_myexampleextension/azext_metadata.json b/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/azext_myexampleextension/azext_metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 09059445f..000000000
--- a/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/azext_myexampleextension/azext_metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "azext.maxCliVersion": "2.0.12"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/setup.py b/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/setup.py
index 222b31296..5217798cd 100644
--- a/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/setup.py
+++ b/doc/extensions/myexampleextension/setup.py
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ setup(
     url='https://github.com/ORG/REPO',
     classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
     packages=find_packages(),
-    package_data={'azext_hello': ['azext_metadata.json']},
     install_requires=DEPENDENCIES
 )