diff --git a/src/acdhOeaw/util/Indexer.php b/src/acdhOeaw/util/Indexer.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/acdhOeaw/util/Indexer.php
+++ b/src/acdhOeaw/util/Indexer.php
@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@ class Indexer {
                 $res = $file->getResource(false, false);
                 echo self::$debug ? "update " : "";
 
-                $meta = $res->getMetadata()->merge($meta, array(RC::idProp()));
-                $res->setMetadata($meta);
-                $res->updateMetadata();
-
                 if ($upload) {
                     echo self::$debug ? "+ upload " : "";
                     $res->updateContent($i->getPathname(), true);
Metadata update is already done by the acdhOeaw\schema\Object and its
derivatives