diff --git a/chrome/installer/linux/BUILD.gn b/chrome/installer/linux/BUILD.gn
index 95a1d9d..406a8a2 100644
--- a/chrome/installer/linux/BUILD.gn
+++ b/chrome/installer/linux/BUILD.gn
@@ -85,15 +85,9 @@
   ]
 
   if (is_chrome_branded) {
-    sources += [
-      "common/google-chrome/google-chrome.appdata.xml.template",
-      "common/google-chrome/google-chrome.info",
-    ]
+    sources += [ "common/google-chrome/google-chrome.info" ]
   } else {
-    sources += [
-      "common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.appdata.xml",
-      "common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.info",
-    ]
+    sources += [ "common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.info" ]
   }
 
   if (current_cpu == "x86") {
diff --git a/chrome/installer/linux/common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.appdata.xml b/chrome/installer/linux/common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.appdata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f4e463..0000000
--- a/chrome/installer/linux/common/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.appdata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors -->
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<component type="desktop">
-  <id>chromium-browser.desktop</id>
-  <update_contact>chromium-dev@chromium.org</update_contact>
-  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
-  <project_license>BSD-3-Clause and LGPL-2.1+ and Apache-2.0 and IJG and MIT and GPL-2.0+ and ISC and OpenSSL and (MPL-1.1 or GPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.0)</project_license>
-  <name>Chromium Web Browser</name>
-  <summary>The web browser from Chromium project</summary>
-  <description>
-    <p>
-    Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster,
-    and more stable way to experience the web.
-    </p>
-    <p>
-    We invite you to join our effort to build a powerful platform for developing a
-    new generation of web applications.
-    </p>
-    <p>
-    Chromium supports Vorbis, Theora, WebM and HTML5 audio and video standards, but
-    does not include the non-free AAC, H.264, MP3 or Adobe Flash code that is found
-    in Chrome.
-    </p>
-  </description>
-  <url type="homepage">https://www.chromium.org/Home</url>
-  <screenshots>
-    <screenshot type="default">
-      <image>https://www.gstatic.com/chrome/appstream/chrome-1.png</image>
-      <caption/>
-    </screenshot>
-  </screenshots>
-  <translation/>
-  <developer_name>The Chromium Authors</developer_name>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://www.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines</url>
-  <url type="help">https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_debugging.md</url>
-</component>
diff --git a/chrome/installer/linux/common/google-chrome/google-chrome.appdata.xml.template b/chrome/installer/linux/common/google-chrome/google-chrome.appdata.xml.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f03817f..0000000
--- a/chrome/installer/linux/common/google-chrome/google-chrome.appdata.xml.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors -->
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<component type="desktop">
-  <id>@@PACKAGE@@.desktop</id>
-  <update_contact>chromium-dev@chromium.org</update_contact>
-  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
-  <project_license>Freeware under Google Chrome Terms of Service</project_license>
-  <name>@@MENUNAME@@</name>
-  <summary>The web browser from Google</summary>
-  <description>
-    <p>
-    @@FULLDESC@@
-   </p>
-  </description>
-  <url type="homepage">@@PRODUCTURL@@</url>
-  <screenshots>
-    <screenshot type="default">
-      <image>https://www.gstatic.com/chrome/appstream/chrome-1.png</image>
-      <caption/>
-    </screenshot>
-  </screenshots>
-  <translation/>
-  <developer_name>Google</developer_name>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://support.google.com/chrome/?p=feedback</url>
-  <url type="help">https://support.google.com/chrome</url>
-</component>
diff --git a/chrome/installer/linux/common/installer.include b/chrome/installer/linux/common/installer.include
index a39eb1d2c..a8666514 100644
--- a/chrome/installer/linux/common/installer.include
+++ b/chrome/installer/linux/common/installer.include
@@ -244,14 +244,6 @@
   # desktop integration
   install -m 755 "${BUILDDIR}/xdg-mime" "${STAGEDIR}${INSTALLDIR}/"
   install -m 755 "${BUILDDIR}/xdg-settings" "${STAGEDIR}${INSTALLDIR}/"
-  if [ ${PACKAGE:0:6} = google ]; then
-    process_template "${BUILDDIR}/installer/common/google-chrome.appdata.xml.template" \
-      "${STAGEDIR}/usr/share/appdata/${PACKAGE}.appdata.xml"
-    chmod 644 "${STAGEDIR}/usr/share/appdata/${PACKAGE}.appdata.xml"
-  else
-    install -m 644 "${BUILDDIR}/installer/common/chromium-browser.appdata.xml" \
-      "${STAGEDIR}/usr/share/appdata/${PACKAGE}.appdata.xml"
-  fi
   process_template "${BUILDDIR}/installer/common/desktop.template" \
     "${STAGEDIR}/usr/share/applications/${PACKAGE}.desktop"
   chmod 644 "${STAGEDIR}/usr/share/applications/${PACKAGE}.desktop"
diff --git a/chrome/installer/linux/rpm/chrome.spec.template b/chrome/installer/linux/rpm/chrome.spec.template
index e878a85..08c402c 100644
--- a/chrome/installer/linux/rpm/chrome.spec.template
+++ b/chrome/installer/linux/rpm/chrome.spec.template
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 /etc/cron.daily/@@PACKAGE@@
 %ghost %attr(755,root,root) /usr/bin/google-chrome
 /usr/bin/@@USR_BIN_SYMLINK_NAME@@
-/usr/share/appdata/@@PACKAGE@@.appdata.xml
 /usr/share/applications/@@PACKAGE@@.desktop
 /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/@@PACKAGE@@.xml
 %docdir /usr/share/man/man1