diff --git a/mayan/apps/file_metadata/apps.py b/mayan/apps/file_metadata/apps.py
index 10796b6cf5..106780adba 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/file_metadata/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/file_metadata/apps.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from mayan.apps.documents.search import document_page_search, document_search
 from mayan.apps.documents.signals import post_version_upload
 from mayan.apps.events.classes import ModelEventType
 from mayan.apps.navigation.classes import SourceColumn
-from mayan.celery import app
 
 from .classes import FileMetadataHelper
 from .dependencies import *  # NOQA
@@ -150,21 +149,6 @@ class FileMetadataApp(MayanAppConfig):
             attribute='get_attribute_count', source=DocumentVersionDriverEntry
         )
 
-        app.conf.CELERY_QUEUES.append(
-            Queue(
-                'file_metadata', Exchange('file_metadata'),
-                routing_key='file_metadata'
-            ),
-        )
-
-        app.conf.CELERY_ROUTES.update(
-            {
-                'mayan.apps.file_metadata.tasks.task_process_document_version': {
-                    'queue': 'file_metadata'
-                },
-            }
-        )
-
         document_search.add_model_field(
             field='versions__file_metadata_drivers__entries__key',
             label=_('File metadata key')