diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index aea0cb2..e1c8a7e 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -1,39 +1,5 @@
 # Meson definition for AppStream data
 
-metainfo_dir = join_paths(get_option ('datadir'), 'metainfo')
-
-install_data('its/metainfo.its',
-             install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'gettext', 'its'))
-install_data('its/metainfo.loc',
-              install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'gettext', 'its'))
-
-# NOTE: We do not translate the release notes on purpose here.
-# If you do want to give translators a chance to translate them,
-# ascli news-to-metainfo needs to produce a temporary file to translate
-# prior to running (x)gettext on the file.
-metainfo_with_relinfo = custom_target('gen-output',
-    input : ['../NEWS', 'org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml'],
-    output : ['nol10n_withrelinfo_org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml'],
-    command : [ascli_exe, 'news-to-metainfo', '--limit=6', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@', '@OUTPUT@']
-)
-
-metainfo_i18n = i18n.itstool_join(
-    input:  metainfo_with_relinfo,
-    output: 'org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml',
-    mo_targets: i18n_result[0],
-    its_files: [join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'its', 'metainfo.its')],
-    install: true,
-    install_dir: metainfo_dir,
-)
-
-test('as-validate_metainfo.cli',
-    ascli_exe,
-    args: ['validate',
-           '--pedantic',
-           '--no-net',
-           metainfo_i18n]
-)
-
 install_data('appstream.conf',
              install_dir: get_option('sysconfdir'))