diff --git a/internal/maven/maven.go b/internal/maven/maven.go
index f175295..3b6a141 100644
--- a/internal/maven/maven.go
+++ b/internal/maven/maven.go
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ type searchDoc struct {
 	GroupID    string `json:"g"`
 	ArtifactID string `json:"a"`
 	// core=gav returns the version in "v"; "latestVersion" only exists on the non-gav aggregated core.
-	Version      string `json:"v"`
-	Timestamp    int64  `json:"timestamp"`
-	VersionCount int    `json:"versionCount"`
+	Version   string `json:"v"`
+	Timestamp int64  `json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 // pomDevelopers is the minimal XML shape needed for FetchMaintainers; the
@@ -203,9 +202,8 @@ func (r *Registry) packageFromSearchAndPOM(doc searchDoc, ep *pom.EffectivePOM)
 		Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", doc.GroupID, doc.ArtifactID),
 		Namespace: doc.GroupID,
 		Metadata: map[string]any{
-			"group_id":      doc.GroupID,
-			"artifact_id":   doc.ArtifactID,
-			"version_count": doc.VersionCount,
+			"group_id":    doc.GroupID,
+			"artifact_id": doc.ArtifactID,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/maven/maven_test.go b/internal/maven/maven_test.go
index 7f684ca..a6938be 100644
--- a/internal/maven/maven_test.go
+++ b/internal/maven/maven_test.go
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ func TestFetchPackage(t *testing.T) {
 				NumFound: 1,
 				Docs: []searchDoc{
 					{
-						ID:           "com.google.guava:guava",
-						GroupID:      "com.google.guava",
-						ArtifactID:   "guava",
-						Version:      "32.1.0-jre",
-						VersionCount: 150,
+						ID:         "com.google.guava:guava",
+						GroupID:    "com.google.guava",
+						ArtifactID: "guava",
+						Version:    "32.1.0-jre",
 					},
 				},
 			},