diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 937868a..061ad0e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -1339,7 +1339,6 @@
 
 bool Layer::setMetadata(const LayerMetadata& data) {
     if (!mCurrentState.metadata.merge(data, true /* eraseEmpty */)) return false;
-    mCurrentState.sequence++;
     mCurrentState.modified = true;
     setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
     return true;