diff --git a/mpikat/effelsberg/edd/edd_master_controller.py b/mpikat/effelsberg/edd/edd_master_controller.py
index 9df18e14be74ac185a59832ea9e6e816c9b963ef..cf46fe8b6d525df0c81ee151824dbf2366dae2f6 100644
--- a/mpikat/effelsberg/edd/edd_master_controller.py
+++ b/mpikat/effelsberg/edd/edd_master_controller.py
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ class EddMasterController(EDDPipeline):
             futures.append(controller.capture_stop())
         yield futures
 
-    @state_change(target="set", intermediate="measurement_preparing")
     @coroutine
     def metadata_update(self, metadata_json=""):
         """