diff --git a/src/scanners/metadata.js b/src/scanners/metadata.js
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--- a/src/scanners/metadata.js
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-import BaseScanner from 'scanners/base';
-import * as rules from 'rules/metadata';
-
-
-export default class MetadataScanner extends BaseScanner {
-
-  _defaultRules = rules;
-
-  // This class exists to keep things simple and reuse our scanner
-  // infrastructure, but because metadata is already parsed by the scanner
-  // and is a simple object, this just returns the same object back.
-  _getContents() {
-    return Promise.resolve(this.contents);
-  }
-
-}