diff --git a/backend/src/ee/models/secretVersion.ts b/backend/src/ee/models/secretVersion.ts
index 8fec54515..84174ac87 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/models/secretVersion.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/models/secretVersion.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ export interface ISecretVersion {
   createdAt: string;
   folder?: string;
   tags?: string[];
-  metadata?: {
-    [key: string]: string;
-  }
 }
 
 const secretVersionSchema = new Schema<ISecretVersion>(
@@ -120,9 +117,6 @@ const secretVersionSchema = new Schema<ISecretVersion>(
       ref: "Tag",
       type: [Schema.Types.ObjectId],
       default: [],
-    },
-    metadata: {
-      type: Schema.Types.Mixed
     }
   },
   {
diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/secrets.ts b/backend/src/helpers/secrets.ts
index 08a748baf..2947d2a8e 100644
--- a/backend/src/helpers/secrets.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/secrets.ts
@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@ export const createSecretHelper = async ({
     secretValueIV,
     secretValueTag,
     algorithm: ALGORITHM_AES_256_GCM,
-    keyEncoding: ENCODING_SCHEME_UTF8,
-    metadata
+    keyEncoding: ENCODING_SCHEME_UTF8
   });
   
   // (EE) add version for new secret