diff --git a/pkg/metadata/errors.go b/pkg/metadata/errors.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d903c1154..000000000
--- a/pkg/metadata/errors.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package metadata
-
-import "errors"
-
-var (
-	// ErrStatusNotFound is returned when a status is not found in the payload
-	ErrStatusNotFound = errors.New("status not found")
-
-	// ErrInvalidStatusData is returned when the status json data is invalid
-	ErrInvalidStatusData = errors.New("invalid status json data")
-)
diff --git a/pkg/metadata/metadata.go b/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
index e79bbd2e8..587e223b5 100644
--- a/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 package metadata
 
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"go.infratographer.com/x/gidx"
-
-	"go.infratographer.com/load-balancer-api/pkg/client"
-)
-
 // LoadBalancerState state of a load balancer
 type LoadBalancerState string
 
@@ -19,28 +10,7 @@ const (
 	LoadBalancerStateActive      LoadBalancerState = "active"
 	LoadBalancerStateDeleted     LoadBalancerState = "deleted"
 	LoadBalancerStateUpdating    LoadBalancerState = "updating"
-)
 
-// LoadBalancerStatus is the status of a load balancer
-type LoadBalancerStatus struct {
-	State LoadBalancerState `json:"state"`
-}
-
-// GetLoadbalancerStatus returns the status of a load balancer
-func GetLoadbalancerStatus(metadataStatuses client.MetadataStatuses, statusNamespaceID gidx.PrefixedID) (*LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
-	if metadataStatuses.TotalCount > 0 {
-		for _, s := range metadataStatuses.Edges {
-			if s.Node.StatusNamespaceID == statusNamespaceID.String() {
-				status := &LoadBalancerStatus{}
-
-				if err := json.Unmarshal(s.Node.Data, status); err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrInvalidStatusData, err)
-				}
-
-				return status, nil
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil, ErrStatusNotFound
-}
+	LoadBalancerStateIPAssigned   LoadBalancerState = "ip-address.assigned"
+	LoadBalancerStateIPUnassigned LoadBalancerState = "ip-address.unassigned"
+)
diff --git a/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go b/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fe8dd9014..000000000
--- a/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package metadata
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"go.infratographer.com/load-balancer-api/pkg/client"
-)
-
-func TestGetLoadbalancerStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("valid status", func(t *testing.T) {
-		statuses := client.MetadataStatuses{
-			TotalCount: 2,
-			Edges: []client.MetadataStatusEdges{
-				{
-					Node: client.MetadataStatusNode{
-						StatusNamespaceID: "metasns-loadbalancer-status",
-						Data:              json.RawMessage(`{"state": "active"}`),
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					Node: client.MetadataStatusNode{
-						StatusNamespaceID: "metasns-some-other-namespace",
-						Data:              json.RawMessage(`{"key": "value"}`),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		status, err := GetLoadbalancerStatus(statuses, "metasns-loadbalancer-status")
-		require.Nil(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, LoadBalancerStateActive, status.State)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("bad json data", func(t *testing.T) {
-		statuses := client.MetadataStatuses{
-			TotalCount: 1,
-			Edges: []client.MetadataStatusEdges{
-				{
-					Node: client.MetadataStatusNode{
-						StatusNamespaceID: "metasns-loadbalancer-status",
-						Data:              json.RawMessage(`{"state"}`),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		status, err := GetLoadbalancerStatus(statuses, "metasns-loadbalancer-status")
-		require.NotNil(t, err)
-		require.Nil(t, status)
-		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidStatusData)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("status not found", func(t *testing.T) {
-		statuses := client.MetadataStatuses{
-			TotalCount: 0,
-			Edges:      []client.MetadataStatusEdges{},
-		}
-
-		status, err := GetLoadbalancerStatus(statuses, "metasns-loadbalancer-status")
-		require.NotNil(t, err)
-		require.Nil(t, status)
-		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrStatusNotFound)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("no status data", func(t *testing.T) {
-		statuses := client.MetadataStatuses{
-			TotalCount: 1,
-			Edges: []client.MetadataStatusEdges{
-				{
-					Node: client.MetadataStatusNode{
-						StatusNamespaceID: "metasns-loadbalancer-status",
-						Data:              json.RawMessage(``),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		status, err := GetLoadbalancerStatus(statuses, "metasns-loadbalancer-status")
-		assert.NotNil(t, err)
-		assert.Nil(t, status)
-		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidStatusData)
-	})
-}