diff --git a/journals/views.py b/journals/views.py
index 5eac224f0ddb6351480e25d6b3d7efe10644feb5..29ecce2d02dbac6fa70b3f1cf111f027d5215976 100644
--- a/journals/views.py
+++ b/journals/views.py
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ def create_metadata_xml(request, doi_label):
         + publication.doi_string + '/pdf</resource>\n'
         '</item></collection>\n'
         '</doi_data>\n'
-        '<pages><first_page>' + paper_nr_string(publication.paper_nr) + '</first_page></pages>\n'
     )
     try:
         if publication.metadata['citation_list']: