diff --git a/generators/txt/CMakeLists.txt b/generators/txt/CMakeLists.txt
index 661e14f30..2cb8885ad 100644
--- a/generators/txt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/generators/txt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ set(okularGenerator_txt_SRCS
 add_library(okularGenerator_txt MODULE ${okularGenerator_txt_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(okularGenerator_txt okularcore Qt5::Core)
-kservice_desktop_to_json(okularGenerator_txt libokularGenerator_txt.desktop)
-
 install(TARGETS okularGenerator_txt DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 
diff --git a/generators/txt/generator_txt.h b/generators/txt/generator_txt.h
index 1e3c8fe0d..04395b3b5 100644
--- a/generators/txt/generator_txt.h
+++ b/generators/txt/generator_txt.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 class TxtGenerator : public Okular::TextDocumentGenerator
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID OkularGeneratorInterface_iid FILE "libokularGenerator_txt.json")
 
 public:
     TxtGenerator();