diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
index f2085b51a..81fc5c020 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
@@ -4334,3 +4334,22 @@ narrow. Shared resource adapters may admit explicit aliases such as `host`,
 through the canonical resource model, but unified-resource consumers must not
 reintroduce removed workload aliases or feature-local resource-type shims just
 to satisfy one table, drawer, or badge surface.
+
+### Resource store does not declare a resource_metadata table
+
+The SQLite resource store schema in `internal/unifiedresources/store.go` no
+longer declares the `resource_metadata` table (canonical_id-keyed
+custom_url/custom_name/notes/tags rows) or its
+`idx_resource_metadata_canonical` index. The table had no readers or writers
+anywhere in the codebase, including `pulse-enterprise`; guest metadata is
+owned by the JSON-file store in `internal/config/guest_metadata.go`, keyed by
+`instance:node:vmid`. The unified-resource store must not grow a competing
+user-metadata surface — reintroducing a metadata table here would fork
+metadata ownership across two stores with different keying models.
+
+Existing deployed databases are intentionally left alone: no `DROP TABLE`
+migration is issued, because a stale unused table is harmless while a
+destructive migration is not. The boundary is only that fresh schema creation
+stops declaring dead tables.
+`internal/unifiedresources/store_test.go` pins this by failing if a fresh
+store's `sqlite_master` contains `resource_metadata`.
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/store.go b/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
index b0dbbafe3..6d3b71d4c 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
@@ -444,18 +444,6 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) initSchema() error {
 	CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_resource_exclusions_a ON resource_exclusions(resource_a);
 	CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_resource_exclusions_b ON resource_exclusions(resource_b);
 
-	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS resource_metadata (
-		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-		canonical_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-		custom_url TEXT,
-		custom_name TEXT,
-		notes TEXT,
-		tags TEXT,
-		updated_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-		updated_by TEXT
-	);
-	CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_resource_metadata_canonical ON resource_metadata(canonical_id);
-
 	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS resource_changes (
 		id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
 		canonical_id TEXT NOT NULL,
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/store_test.go b/internal/unifiedresources/store_test.go
index 566a1ed45..d708ac3b1 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/store_test.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/store_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ func TestSQLiteResourceStoreDoesNotPersistRawOperationReceiptProtocolOrReplayAut
 		if strings.Contains(lower, "operation_receipt_version") || name == "operation_receipts" {
 			t.Fatalf("resource store acquired raw protocol or agent replay authority: table=%q schema=%q", name, schema)
 		}
+		if name == "resource_metadata" {
+			t.Fatalf("resource store declares the dead resource_metadata table; guest metadata lives in the JSON-file store (internal/config/guest_metadata.go): schema=%q", schema)
+		}
 	}
 	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)