diff --git a/include/pdal/PointView.hpp b/include/pdal/PointView.hpp
index f2486fc7e0..6cad1b5533 100644
--- a/include/pdal/PointView.hpp
+++ b/include/pdal/PointView.hpp
@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@ class PDAL_DLL PointView
             m_temps.pop();
     }
 
-    MetadataNode metadata()
-        { return m_pointTable.metadata(); }
-
 protected:
     PointTableRef m_pointTable;
     std::deque<PointId> m_index;