diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata.go b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata.go
index 99baed71ab5..aa70d193030 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata.go
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ type topologyPair struct {
 	value string
 }
 
-//  Note that predicateMetadata and matchingPodAntiAffinityTerm need to be declared in the same file
-//  due to the way declarations are processed in predicate declaration unit tests.
-type matchingPodAntiAffinityTerm struct {
-	term *v1.PodAffinityTerm
-	node *v1.Node
-}
-
 type podSet map[*v1.Pod]struct{}
 
 type topologyPairSet map[topologyPair]struct{}