diff --git a/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializer.java b/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializer.java
index e9d4858de..a3b7805c4 100644
--- a/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializer.java
+++ b/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializer.java
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializer implements ODataSerializer {
 
       json.writeStartObject();
       writeContextURL(contextURL, json);
-      writeMetadataETag(metadata, json);
       json.writeStringField(Constants.JSON_ID, uriHelper.buildCanonicalURL(edmEntitySet, entity));
       json.writeEndObject();
 
@@ -681,7 +680,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializer implements ODataSerializer {
       json.writeStartObject();
 
       writeContextURL(contextURL, json);
-      writeMetadataETag(metadata, json);
       if (options != null && options.getCount() != null && options.getCount().getValue()) {
         writeCount(entityCollection, json);
       }
diff --git a/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializerTest.java b/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializerTest.java
index 0b398f48a..38563391a 100644
--- a/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializerTest.java
+++ b/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/serializer/json/ODataJsonSerializerTest.java
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializerTest {
     final String resultString = IOUtils.toString(serializerResult.getContent());
 
     Assert.assertEquals("{\"@odata.context\":\"$metadata#$ref\","
-        + "\"@odata.metadataEtag\":\"W/\\\"metadataETag\\\"\","
         + "\"@odata.id\":\"ESAllPrim(32767)\"}",
         resultString);
   }
@@ -822,7 +821,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializerTest {
     final String resultString = IOUtils.toString(serializerResult.getContent());
 
     Assert.assertEquals("{\"@odata.context\":\"$metadata#Collection($ref)\","
-        + "\"@odata.metadataEtag\":\"W/\\\"metadataETag\\\"\","
         + "\"value\":[{\"@odata.id\":\"ESAllPrim(32767)\"},"
         + "{\"@odata.id\":\"ESAllPrim(-32768)\"},"
         + "{\"@odata.id\":\"ESAllPrim(0)\"}]}",
@@ -843,7 +841,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializerTest {
     final String resultString = IOUtils.toString(serializerResult.getContent());
 
     Assert.assertEquals("{\"@odata.context\":\"$metadata#Collection($ref)\","
-        + "\"@odata.metadataEtag\":\"W/\\\"metadataETag\\\"\","
         + "\"value\":[]}", resultString);
   }
 
@@ -1046,7 +1043,6 @@ public class ODataJsonSerializerTest {
 
     Assert.assertThat(resultString, CoreMatchers.startsWith("{"
         + "\"@odata.context\":\"$metadata#Collection($ref)\","
-        + "\"@odata.metadataEtag\":\"W/\\\"metadataETag\\\"\","
         + "\"@odata.count\":\"3\",\"value\":["));
     Assert.assertThat(resultString, CoreMatchers.endsWith("],"
         + "\"@odata.nextLink\":\"/next\"}"));