diff --git a/helper/geojsonify.js b/helper/geojsonify.js
index 79356516..ad67296c 100644
--- a/helper/geojsonify.js
+++ b/helper/geojsonify.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ const GeoJSON = require('geojson');
 const extent = require('@mapbox/geojson-extent');
 const logger = require('pelias-logger').get('geojsonify');
 const addDetails = require('./geojsonify_place_details');
-const addMetaData = require('./geojsonify_meta_data');
+// const addMetaData = require('./geojsonify_meta_data');
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const Document = require('pelias-model').Document;
 
 function geojsonifyPlaces( params, docs ){
 
@@ -41,7 +42,16 @@ function geojsonifyPlaces( params, docs ){
 function geojsonifyPlace(params, place) {
   const output = {};
 
-  addMetaData(place, output);
+  output.id = place._id;
+  output.gid = new Document(place.source, place.layer, place._id).getGid();
+  output.layer = place.layer;
+  output.source = place.source;
+  output.source_id = place.source_id;
+  if (place.hasOwnProperty('bounding_box')) {
+    output.bounding_box = place.bounding_box;
+  }
+
+  // addMetaData(place, output);
   addName(place, output);
   addDetails(params, place, output);
 
diff --git a/helper/geojsonify_meta_data.js b/helper/geojsonify_meta_data.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fdf0394..00000000
--- a/helper/geojsonify_meta_data.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-var Document = require('pelias-model').Document;
-
-/**
- * Determine and set place id, type, and source
- *
- * @param {object} src
- * @param {object} dst
- */
-function addMetaData(src, dst) {
-  dst.id = src._id;
-  dst.gid = makeGid(src);
-  dst.layer = lookupLayer(src);
-  dst.source = lookupSource(src);
-  dst.source_id = lookupSourceId(src);
-  if (src.hasOwnProperty('bounding_box')) {
-    dst.bounding_box = src.bounding_box;
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Create a gid from a document
- *
- * @param {object} src
- */
-function makeGid(src) {
-  var doc = new Document(lookupSource(src), lookupLayer(src), src._id);
-  return doc.getGid();
-}
-
-function lookupSource(src) {
-  return src.source;
-}
-
-function lookupSourceId(src) {
-  return src.source_id;
-}
-
-function lookupLayer(src) {
-  return src.layer;
-}
-
-module.exports = addMetaData;
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