diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tool_shed_repositories.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tool_shed_repositories.py
index 8871b893e1f..60f6e4833af 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tool_shed_repositories.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tool_shed_repositories.py
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ class ToolShedRepositoriesController(BaseAPIController):
             repository_data['repository'] = json.loads(util.url_get(tool_shed_url, pathspec=['api', 'repositories', tsr_id]))
             repository_data['repository']['metadata'] = json.loads(util.url_get(tool_shed_url, pathspec=['api', 'repositories', tsr_id, 'metadata']))
         repository_data['shed_conf'] = tool_util.build_shed_tool_conf_select_field(trans.app).to_dict()
-        repository_data['panel_section'] = tool_panel_section_select_field.to_dict()
         repository_data['panel_section_dict'] = tool_panel_section_dict
         for changeset, metadata in repository_data['repository']['metadata'].items():
             if changeset not in tool_dependencies: