diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
index 96f3aa02..7ed102d2 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ def metadata_fixup(
 
     if options.output_type.startswith('pdfa'):
         _do_merge_ghostscript([layers_file, ps], output_file, log, context)
-    elif fitz:
-        _do_merge_mupdf([layers_file], metadata_file, output_file, log, context)
+    # elif fitz:
+    #     _do_merge_mupdf([layers_file], metadata_file, output_file, log, context)
     else:
         re_symlink(layers_file, output_file, log)