diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09299a1f01..67bca33170 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ if test "x$with_appdata_test" != "xno"; then
     have_appstreamcli="no (appstreamcli not found)"
   fi
 fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_APPSTREAM_UTIL, test "x$have_appstreamcli" = "xyes")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_APPSTREAMCLI, test "x$have_appstreamcli" = "xyes")
 if test "x$have_appstreamcli" = "xyes"; then
   have_appstreamcli="yes (this test requires network access; --without-appdata-test to disable)"
 fi
@@ -3212,7 +3212,6 @@ data/tool-presets/Paint/Makefile
 data/tool-presets/Selection/Makefile
 data/tool-presets/Sketch/Makefile
 desktop/Makefile
-desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in
 desktop/gimp.desktop.in
 desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in
 desktop/test-appdata.sh
diff --git a/desktop/.gitignore b/desktop/.gitignore
index cc57f475d9..044b9e8191 100644
--- a/desktop/.gitignore
+++ b/desktop/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@
 /org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml
 /gimp.desktop.in
 /gimp.desktop
-/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in
-/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml
 /test-appdata.sh
 /.thumbnails
diff --git a/desktop/Makefile.am b/desktop/Makefile.am
index f076920d01..d844579156 100644
--- a/desktop/Makefile.am
+++ b/desktop/Makefile.am
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ desktop_in_files = \
 desktop_files = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in.in=.desktop)
 
 appstream_in_files = \
-	org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in	\
-	org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in
+	org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in
 
 appstream_files = $(appstream_in_files:.xml.in=.xml)
 
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
 	GIMP_TESTING_ABS_TOP_BUILDDIR=@abs_top_builddir@
 TESTS =
 
-if HAVE_APPSTREAM_UTIL
+if HAVE_APPSTREAMCLI
 TESTS += test-appdata.sh
 endif
 
diff --git a/desktop/meson.build b/desktop/meson.build
index 34919da574..618c19e884 100644
--- a/desktop/meson.build
+++ b/desktop/meson.build
@@ -71,28 +71,6 @@ appdatafile = custom_target(appdatafilename,
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'metainfo',
 )
 
-metainfofilename = 'org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml'
-metainfofilein = configure_file(
-  input : metainfofilename+'.in.in',
-  output: metainfofilename+'.in',
-  configuration: desktop_conf,
-)
-metainfofile = custom_target(metainfofilename,
-  input : [ metainfofilein, ],
-  output: [ metainfofilename, ],
-  command: [
-    intltool_merge,
-    po_dir,
-    '@INPUT@',
-    '@OUTPUT@',
-    '--xml-style',
-    '--utf8',
-    '--cache=' + '@OUTDIR@' / 'intltool-merge-cache',
-  ],
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'metainfo',
-)
-
 if desktop_validate.found()
   test('validate-desktop',
     desktop_validate,
@@ -110,13 +88,4 @@ if appstreamcli.found()
     ],
     suite: 'desktop',
   )
-
-  test('metainfo_file',
-    appstreamcli,
-    args: [ 'validate', metainfofile ],
-    env: [
-      'GIMP_TESTING_ABS_TOP_BUILDDIR=' + meson.build_root(),
-    ],
-    suite: 'desktop',
-  )
 endif
diff --git a/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in.in b/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1251987f0e..0000000000
--- a/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright 2015 Jiri Eischmann <eischmann@redhat.com> -->
-<component type="addon">
-  <id>org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras</id>
-  <extends>org.gimp.GIMP</extends>
-  <_name>Extra files for GIMP</_name>
-  <_summary>Patterns, gradients, and other extra files for GIMP</_summary>
-  <url type="homepage">https://www.gimp.org/</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">@BUG_REPORT_URL@</url>
-  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
-  <project_license>GPL-3.0+</project_license>
-  <update_contact>alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</update_contact>
-</component>
diff --git a/desktop/test-appdata.sh.in b/desktop/test-appdata.sh.in
index 8fe3e80749..a8f1160455 100755
--- a/desktop/test-appdata.sh.in
+++ b/desktop/test-appdata.sh.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # TODO: use validate-strict when the last errors for a strict validation
 # are fixed.
 appstreamcli validate ${GIMP_TESTING_ABS_TOP_BUILDDIR}/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml && \
-appstreamcli validate ${GIMP_TESTING_ABS_TOP_BUILDDIR}/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml && \
 if [ $(expr @GIMP_MICRO_VERSION@ % 2) = 0 ]; then
   grep TODO ${GIMP_TESTING_ABS_TOP_BUILDDIR}/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml
   if [ $? = 0 ]; then
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 29a46f96b1..b310e0a72f 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 [encoding: UTF-8]
 
 desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in.in
-desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in.in
 desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in
 
 app/about.h
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
index eaeaad5325..7e957d8dd4 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build/windows/installer/lang/setup.isl.in
 data/tags/gimp-tags-default.xml.in
 data/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in
 desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in
-desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.data_extras.metainfo.xml.in
 desktop/gimp.desktop.in
 extensions
 libgimp