diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 129e25da..6246011f 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -1618,19 +1618,14 @@ process_one_static_delta_fallback (OtPullData   *pull_data,
     }
 
   if (!is_stored)
-    { 
+    {
+      /* The delta compiler never did this, there's no reason to support it */
       if (OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_IS_META (objtype))
         {
-          g_autoptr(GVariant) objname = ostree_object_name_serialize (checksum, objtype);
-          if (!g_hash_table_lookup (pull_data->requested_metadata, objname))
-            {
-              gboolean do_fetch_detached;
-              g_hash_table_add (pull_data->requested_metadata, g_variant_ref (objname));
-              
-              do_fetch_detached = (objtype == OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT);
-              enqueue_one_object_request (pull_data, checksum, objtype, NULL, do_fetch_detached, FALSE);
-              checksum = NULL;  /* Transfer ownership */
-            }
+          g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+                       "Found metadata object as fallback: %s.%s", checksum,
+                       ostree_object_type_to_string (objtype));
+          goto out;
         }
       else
         {