diff --git a/openmls/src/extensions/codec.rs b/openmls/src/extensions/codec.rs
index 1ba2ad498c..00408aa994 100644
--- a/openmls/src/extensions/codec.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/extensions/codec.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ impl Size for Extension {
             Extension::ExternalSenders(e) => e.tls_serialized_len(),
             Extension::LastResort(e) => e.tls_serialized_len(),
             Extension::ImmutableMetadata(e) => e.tls_serialized_len(),
-            Extension::Metadata(e) => e.tls_serialized_len(),
             Extension::Unknown(_, e) => e.0.len(),
         };
 
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ impl Serialize for Extension {
             Extension::ExternalSenders(e) => e.tls_serialize(&mut extension_data),
             Extension::LastResort(e) => e.tls_serialize(&mut extension_data),
             Extension::ImmutableMetadata(e) => e.tls_serialize(&mut extension_data),
-            Extension::Metadata(e) => e.tls_serialize(&mut extension_data),
             Extension::Unknown(_, e) => extension_data
                 .write_all(e.0.as_slice())
                 .map(|_| e.0.len())
@@ -125,9 +123,6 @@ impl Deserialize for Extension {
             ExtensionType::ImmutableMetadata => {
                 Extension::ImmutableMetadata(Metadata::tls_deserialize(&mut extension_data)?)
             }
-            ExtensionType::Metadata => {
-                Extension::Metadata(Metadata::tls_deserialize(&mut extension_data)?)
-            }
             ExtensionType::Unknown(unknown) => {
                 Extension::Unknown(unknown, UnknownExtension(extension_data.to_vec()))
             }
diff --git a/openmls/src/extensions/mod.rs b/openmls/src/extensions/mod.rs
index 292142001b..6bdd31f952 100644
--- a/openmls/src/extensions/mod.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/extensions/mod.rs
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ pub enum ExtensionType {
     /// This can only be set on creation of the group.
     ImmutableMetadata,
 
-    /// Metadata extension for policies and other metadata. GroupContext Extension.
-    Metadata,
-
     /// A currently unknown extension type.
     Unknown(u16),
 }
@@ -159,7 +156,6 @@ impl From<u16> for ExtensionType {
             5 => ExtensionType::ExternalSenders,
             10 => ExtensionType::LastResort,
             0xf000 => ExtensionType::ImmutableMetadata,
-            0xf001 => ExtensionType::Metadata,
             unknown => ExtensionType::Unknown(unknown),
         }
     }
@@ -175,7 +171,6 @@ impl From<ExtensionType> for u16 {
             ExtensionType::ExternalSenders => 5,
             ExtensionType::LastResort => 10,
             ExtensionType::ImmutableMetadata => 0xf000,
-            ExtensionType::Metadata => 0xf001,
             ExtensionType::Unknown(unknown) => unknown,
         }
     }
@@ -193,7 +188,6 @@ impl ExtensionType {
                 | ExtensionType::ExternalSenders
                 | ExtensionType::LastResort
                 | ExtensionType::ImmutableMetadata
-                | ExtensionType::Metadata
         )
     }
 }
@@ -235,9 +229,6 @@ pub enum Extension {
     /// An [`ImmutableMetadata`] extension
     ImmutableMetadata(Metadata),
 
-    // A [`Metadata`] extension
-    Metadata(Metadata),
-
     /// A currently unknown extension.
     Unknown(u16, UnknownExtension),
 }
@@ -437,15 +428,6 @@ impl Extensions {
                 _ => None,
             })
     }
-
-    /// Get a reference to the mutable [`Metadata`] if there is any.
-    pub fn metadata(&self) -> Option<&Metadata> {
-        self.find_by_type(ExtensionType::Metadata)
-            .and_then(|e| match e {
-                Extension::Metadata(e) => Some(e),
-                _ => None,
-            })
-    }
 }
 
 impl Extension {
@@ -536,7 +518,6 @@ impl Extension {
             Extension::ExternalSenders(_) => ExtensionType::ExternalSenders,
             Extension::LastResort(_) => ExtensionType::LastResort,
             Extension::ImmutableMetadata(_) => ExtensionType::ImmutableMetadata,
-            Extension::Metadata(_) => ExtensionType::Metadata,
             Extension::Unknown(kind, _) => ExtensionType::Unknown(*kind),
         }
     }
diff --git a/openmls/src/extensions/test_extensions.rs b/openmls/src/extensions/test_extensions.rs
index 0488d88e1d..50eeeda8d2 100644
--- a/openmls/src/extensions/test_extensions.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/extensions/test_extensions.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ fn test_metadata(ciphersuite: Ciphersuite, provider: &impl OpenMlsProvider) {
 
     // example metadata (opaque data -- test hex string is "1cedc0ffee")
     let metadata = vec![0x1c, 0xed, 0xc0, 0xff, 0xee];
-    let ext = Extension::Metadata(Metadata::new(metadata.clone()));
+    let ext = Extension::Unknown(0xf001, UnknownExtension(metadata.clone()));
     let extensions = Extensions::from_vec(vec![ext]).expect("could not build extensions struct");
 
     let config = MlsGroupCreateConfig::builder()
@@ -284,10 +284,14 @@ fn test_metadata(ciphersuite: Ciphersuite, provider: &impl OpenMlsProvider) {
     let got_metadata = alice_group
         .export_group_context()
         .extensions()
-        .metadata()
+        .find_by_type(ExtensionType::Unknown(0xf001))
         .expect("failed to read group metadata");
 
-    assert_eq!(got_metadata.metadata(), &metadata);
+    if let Extension::Unknown(0xf001, UnknownExtension(got_metadata)) = got_metadata {
+        assert_eq!(got_metadata, &metadata);
+    } else {
+        panic!("metadata extension has wrong extension enum variant")
+    }
 }
 
 #[apply(ciphersuites_and_providers)]