diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/error.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/error.rs
index afa86b544..64258a588 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/error.rs
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
         #[source] Box<pypi_types::MetadataError>,
     ),
 
-    /// The metadata file was not found in the wheel.
-    #[error("Metadata file `{0}` was not found in {1}")]
-    MetadataNotFound(WheelFilename, String),
-
     /// An error that happened while making a request or in a reqwest middleware.
     #[error(transparent)]
     WrappedReqwestError(#[from] WrappedReqwestError),
diff --git a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
index 20d0224c0..4a35234c4 100644
--- a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ impl<'a, Context: BuildContext> ResolverProvider for DefaultResolverProvider<'a,
             Err(err) => match err {
                 uv_distribution::Error::Client(client) => match client.into_kind() {
                     uv_client::ErrorKind::Offline(_) => Ok(MetadataResponse::Offline),
-                    uv_client::ErrorKind::MetadataNotFound(_, _) => {
-                        Ok(MetadataResponse::MissingMetadata)
-                    }
                     uv_client::ErrorKind::MetadataParseError(_, _, err) => {
                         Ok(MetadataResponse::InvalidMetadata(err))
                     }