diff --git a/peps/pep-0694.rst b/peps/pep-0694.rst
index de05700f085..2f54cfe9f12 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0694.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0694.rst
@@ -1799,11 +1799,6 @@ as experience is gained operating Upload 2.0.
 .. [#fn-action] Obsolete ``:action`` values ``submit``, ``submit_pkg_info``, and ``doc_upload`` are
                 no longer supported
 
-
-.. [#fn-metadata] This would be fine if used as a pre-check, but the parallel metadata should be
-                  validated against the actual ``METADATA`` or similar files within the
-                  distribution.
-
 .. [#fn-hash] Specifically any hash algorithm name that `can be passed to
               <https://docs.python.org/3/library/hashlib.html#hashlib.new>`_ ``hashlib.new()`` and
               which does not require additional parameters.