diff --git a/cmd/api-response.go b/cmd/api-response.go
index 81c04e128..391b6d7cc 100644
--- a/cmd/api-response.go
+++ b/cmd/api-response.go
@@ -593,9 +593,6 @@ func generateListVersionsResponse(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, marker, v
 			for k, v := range cleanReservedKeys(object.UserDefined) {
 				content.UserMetadata.Set(k, v)
 			}
-			if !object.Expires.IsZero() {
-				content.UserMetadata.Set("expires", object.Expires.Format(http.TimeFormat))
-			}
 			content.Internal = &ObjectInternalInfo{
 				K: object.DataBlocks,
 				M: object.ParityBlocks,
@@ -730,9 +727,6 @@ func generateListObjectsV2Response(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, token, n
 				for k, v := range cleanReservedKeys(object.UserDefined) {
 					content.UserMetadata.Set(k, v)
 				}
-				if !object.Expires.IsZero() {
-					content.UserMetadata.Set("expires", object.Expires.Format(http.TimeFormat))
-				}
 				content.Internal = &ObjectInternalInfo{
 					K: object.DataBlocks,
 					M: object.ParityBlocks,