diff --git a/mdx/uk/beans.xml b/mdx/uk/beans.xml
index 41fb3803..3b27a311 100644
--- a/mdx/uk/beans.xml
+++ b/mdx/uk/beans.xml
@@ -34,21 +34,6 @@
     </bean>
     
     
-    <!--
-        uk_filterDeletedEntities
-        
-        Remove entity items which have the ukfedlabel:DeletedEntity label on them.
-        This convention will be replaced at some point by the files not being available
-        for collection in the first place.
-    -->
-    <bean id="uk_filterDeletedEntities" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.XPathFilteringStage"
-        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
-        <property name="id" value="uk_filterDeletedEntities"/>
-        <property name="xpathExpression" value="//ukfedlabel:DeletedEntity"/>
-        <property name="namespaceContext" ref="commonNamespaces"/>
-    </bean>
-    
-    
     <!--
         uk_processScopes
         
@@ -251,7 +236,6 @@
         <property name="composedStages">
             <list>
                 <ref bean="uk_fetchFragmentFiles"/>
-                <ref bean="uk_filterDeletedEntities"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_processFragment"/>
                 <ref bean="uk_processScopes"/>
                 <ref bean="populateItemIds"/>