diff --git a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-bioc.sh b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-bioc.sh
index 60b65810..ba4aeccd 100755
--- a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-bioc.sh
+++ b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-bioc.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ WIN_CONTRIB="$REPOS_ROOT/bin/windows/contrib/$R_VERSION"
 MAC_BIG_SUR_x86_64_CONTRIB="$REPOS_ROOT/bin/macosx/big-sur-x86_64/contrib/$R_VERSION"
 MAC_BIG_SUR_arm64_CONTRIB="$REPOS_ROOT/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/$R_VERSION"
 
-META_SRC="$SRC_CONTRIB/Meta"
-META_R_EXPR="source('/home/biocbuild/BBS/utils/makeMetaDbs.R')"
-MEAT_PATH="/home/biocbuild/bbs-$BIOC_VERSION-bioc/meat"
-
 if [ ! -f "$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: $PROPAGATION_DB_FILE not found. Did postrun.sh run?"
         exit 1
@@ -76,13 +72,6 @@ for i in `ls $MANUALS_SRC`; do
 	mkdir -p $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 	cp --update --verbose $MANUALS_SRC/$i $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 done
-echo ""
-echo "========================================================================"
-/bin/date
-echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-
-echo "Updating $META_SRC with aliases and cross refences dbs..."
-$Rscript -e "$META_R_EXPR; try(makeMetaDbs('$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE', '$MEAT_PATH', '$REPOS_ROOT', '$META_SRC'))"
 
 echo "DONE."
 exit 0
diff --git a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-annotation.sh b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-annotation.sh
index 01bd5b6a..da8d1316 100755
--- a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-annotation.sh
+++ b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-annotation.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ PROPAGATION_DB_FILE="$BBS_OUTGOING_DIR/../PROPAGATION_STATUS_DB.txt"
 REPOS_ROOT="$HOME/PACKAGES/$BIOC_VERSION/data/annotation"
 SRC_CONTRIB="$REPOS_ROOT/src/contrib"
 
-META_SRC="$SRC_CONTRIB/Meta"
-META_R_EXPR="source('/home/biocbuild/BBS/utils/makeMetaDbs.R')"
-MEAT_PATH="/home/biocbuild/bbs-$BIOC_VERSION-data-annotation/meat"
-
 if [ ! -f "$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: $PROPAGATION_DB_FILE not found. Did postrun.sh run?"
         exit 1
@@ -62,13 +58,6 @@ for i in `ls $MANUALS_SRC`; do
 	mkdir -p $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 	cp --update --verbose $MANUALS_SRC/$i $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 done
-echo ""
-echo "========================================================================"
-/bin/date
-echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-
-echo "Updating $META_SRC with aliases and cross refences dbs..."
-$Rscript -e "$META_R_EXPR; try(makeMetaDbs('$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE', '$MEAT_PATH', '$REPOS_ROOT', '$META_SRC'))"
 
 echo "DONE."
 exit 0
diff --git a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-experiment.sh b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-experiment.sh
index 35ba19e6..ffaa53ab 100755
--- a/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-experiment.sh
+++ b/propagation/3.22/updateReposPkgs-data-experiment.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ PROPAGATION_DB_FILE="$BBS_OUTGOING_DIR/../PROPAGATION_STATUS_DB.txt"
 REPOS_ROOT="$HOME/PACKAGES/$BIOC_VERSION/data/experiment"
 SRC_CONTRIB="$REPOS_ROOT/src/contrib"
 
-META_SRC="$SRC_CONTRIB/Meta"
-META_R_EXPR="source('/home/biocbuild/BBS/utils/makeMetaDbs.R')"
-MEAT_PATH="/home/biocbuild/bbs-$BIOC_VERSION-data-experiment/meat"
-
 if [ ! -f "$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: $PROPAGATION_DB_FILE not found. Did postrun.sh run?"
         exit 1
@@ -62,13 +58,6 @@ for i in `ls $MANUALS_SRC`; do
 	mkdir -p $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 	cp --update --verbose $MANUALS_SRC/$i $MANUALS_DEST/$pkg/man
 done
-echo ""
-echo "========================================================================"
-/bin/date
-echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-
-echo "Updating $META_SRC with aliases and cross refences dbs..."
-$Rscript -e "$META_R_EXPR; try(makeMetaDbs('$PROPAGATION_DB_FILE', '$MEAT_PATH', '$REPOS_ROOT', '$META_SRC'))"
 
 echo "DONE."
 exit 0
diff --git a/utils/makeMetaDbs.R b/utils/makeMetaDbs.R
deleted file mode 100644
index ec0926a1..00000000
--- a/utils/makeMetaDbs.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-makeMetaDbs <- function(db_filepath, repos_root, meta_path) {
-
-  meat_dir <- Sys.getenv("BBS_MEAT_PATH")
-  prop_status <- read.dcf(db_filepath)
-
-  pkgs <- c()
-  for (i in 1:dim(prop_status)[2]) {
-    pkg_type_stage <- strsplit(colnames(prop_status)[i], "#")[[1]]
-    if ("source" %in% pkg_type_stage &&
-        strsplit(prop_status[i], ",")[[1]][1] %in% c("YES", "UNNEEDED")) {
-        pkgs <- c(pkgs, pkg_type_stage[1])
-    }
-  }
-
-  web_dir <- file.path(repos_root, "web", "packages")
-  meta_dir <- file.path(meta_path)
-  if (!dir.exists(meta_dir)) {
-    dir.create(meta_dir, recursive = TRUE)
-  }
-
-  pkg_paths <- file.path(meat_dir, pkgs)
-  for (pkg_path in pkg_paths) {
-    biocViews::build_db_from_source(pkg_path, repos_root)
-  }
-
-  aliases_db_file <- file.path(meta_dir, "aliases.rds")
-  meta_aliases_db <- biocViews::build_meta_aliases_db(web_dir, aliases_db_file)
-  saveRDS(meta_aliases_db, aliases_db_file, version = 2)
-
-  rdxrefs_db_file <- file.path(meta_dir, "rdxrefs.rds")
-  meta_rdxrefs_db <- biocViews::build_meta_rdxrefs_db(web_dir, rdxrefs_db_file)
-  saveRDS(meta_rdxrefs_db, rdxrefs_db_file, version = 2)
-}