diff --git a/.circleci/install_triggers b/.circleci/install_triggers
index 25c21d5f59..b86a6974f0 100644
--- a/.circleci/install_triggers
+++ b/.circleci/install_triggers
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ^\.circleci/
 ^environment\.yml$
 ^esmvaltool/install/
-^[A-Za-z_]*meta\.yaml$
 ^package/
 ^setup\.py$
 ^setup\.cfg$
diff --git a/ecmwf_api_client_meta.yaml b/ecmwf_api_client_meta.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3153cc1fa0..0000000000
--- a/ecmwf_api_client_meta.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{% set name = "ecmwf-api-client" %}
-{% set version = "1.5.4" %}
-{% set file_ext = "tar.gz" %}
-{% set hash_type = "sha256" %}
-{% set hash_value = "5b31c4c8c6d0c344dfaed038b388d1b70e8b9d4ea6ad732e5d827a25d5acc573" %}
-
-package:
-  name: '{{ name|lower }}'
-  version: '{{ version }}'
-
-source:
-  fn: '{{ name }}-{{ version }}.{{ file_ext }}'
-  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.{{ file_ext }}
-  '{{ hash_type }}': '{{ hash_value }}'
-
-build:
-  noarch: python
-  number: 0
-  script: python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
-
-requirements:
-  build:
-    - pip
-    - python
-    - setuptools
-  run:
-    - python
-
-test:
-  imports:
-    - ecmwfapi
-
-about:
-  home: https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI
-  license: Apache 2.0
-  summary: 'Python client for ECMWF web services API.'