diff --git a/lib/metadata/filenames.js b/lib/metadata/filenames.js
index 7bc0819..871927c 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/filenames.js
+++ b/lib/metadata/filenames.js
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ var github = require('../github'),
 
 module.exports = async function(issue) {
     const files = await github.get("/repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/:number/files", { number: issue });
-    return {
-        all: files.map(funk.prop('filename')),
-        ignoreRemoved: files.filter((file) => file.status != 'removed').map(funk.prop('filename'))
-    };
+    return files.map(funk.prop('filename'));
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/metadata/index.js b/lib/metadata/index.js
index f1033e1..2a39a53 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/index.js
+++ b/lib/metadata/index.js
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ module.exports = async function getMetadata(number, author, title, content) {
     };
     author = author.toLowerCase();
 
-    const filenames = await getFilenames(number);
-    metadata.filenames = filenames.all;
-    metadata.filenamesIgnoreRemoved = filenames.ignoreRemoved;
+    metadata.filenames = await getFilenames(number);
     metadata.paths = paths(metadata.filenames);
     const fileLabels = labels.fromFiles(metadata.filenames);
     metadata.isRoot = metadata.filenames.some(function(path) {
diff --git a/test/get-metadata.js b/test/get-metadata.js
index 3fb403b..f0b9f80 100644
--- a/test/get-metadata.js
+++ b/test/get-metadata.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ suite('getMetadata', function() {
             ],
             rootReviewers: [ 'jgraham' ],
             filenames: [ 'WebIDL/interfaces.html', 'interfaces/WebIDL.idl' ],
-            filenamesIgnoreRemoved: [ 'WebIDL/interfaces.html', 'interfaces/WebIDL.idl' ],
             paths: [ 'WebIDL', 'interfaces' ],
             labels: [ 'WebIDL', 'interfaces', 'wg-webplatform' ],
             isRoot: false,
@@ -140,12 +139,6 @@ suite('getMetadata', function() {
             "svg/coordinate-systems/parsing/vector-effect-invalid.svg",
             "svg/coordinate-systems/parsing/vector-effect-valid.svg",
           ],
-          filenamesIgnoreRemoved: [
-            "svg/coordinate-systems/inheritance.svg",
-            "svg/coordinate-systems/parsing/vector-effect-computed.svg",
-            "svg/coordinate-systems/parsing/vector-effect-invalid.svg",
-            "svg/coordinate-systems/parsing/vector-effect-valid.svg",
-          ],
           isMergeable: true,
           isRoot: false,
           isWebKitVerified: false,
@@ -387,18 +380,6 @@ suite('getMetadata', function() {
                'media-source/webm/test-a-1s.webm-manifest.json',
                'media-source/webm/test-v-1s-blue.webm',
                'media-source/webm/test-v-1s-blue.webm-manifest.json' ],
-            filenamesIgnoreRemoved:
-             [ 'lint.whitelist',
-               'media-source/mediasource-video-is-visible-expected.html',
-               'media-source/mediasource-video-is-visible.html',
-               'media-source/mp4/test-a-1s.mp4',
-               'media-source/mp4/test-a-1s.mp4-manifest.json',
-               'media-source/mp4/test-v-1s-blue.mp4',
-               'media-source/mp4/test-v-1s-blue.mp4-manifest.json',
-               'media-source/webm/test-a-1s.webm',
-               'media-source/webm/test-a-1s.webm-manifest.json',
-               'media-source/webm/test-v-1s-blue.webm',
-               'media-source/webm/test-v-1s-blue.webm-manifest.json' ],
             paths: [ '', 'media-source', 'media-source/mp4', 'media-source/webm' ],
             isRoot: true,
             specs: