diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
@@ -174,50 +174,36 @@
         # Read information metadata
         data = {"origin": {"type": "deposit", "url": deposit.origin_url,}}
 
-        # revision
-
-        fullname = deposit.client.username
-        author_committer = SWH_PERSON
-
         # metadata provider
         self.provider["provider_name"] = deposit.client.last_name
         self.provider["provider_url"] = deposit.client.provider_url
 
-        revision_type = "tar"
-        revision_msg = "%s: Deposit %s in collection %s" % (
-            fullname,
-            deposit.id,
-            deposit.collection.name,
-        )
-
         author_date, commit_date = self._normalize_dates(deposit, metadata)
 
-        data["revision"] = {
-            "synthetic": True,
-            "date": author_date,
-            "committer_date": commit_date,
-            "author": author_committer,
-            "committer": author_committer,
-            "type": revision_type,
-            "message": revision_msg,
-            "metadata": metadata,
-        }
-
         if deposit.parent:
             swh_persistent_id = deposit.parent.swh_id
             persistent_identifier = identifiers.parse_persistent_identifier(
                 swh_persistent_id
             )
             parent_revision = persistent_identifier.object_id
+            parents = [parent_revision]
+        else:
+            parents = []
 
-            data["revision"]["parents"] = [parent_revision]
-
-        data["branch_name"] = "master"
         data["origin_metadata"] = {
             "provider": self.provider,
             "tool": self.tool,
             "metadata": metadata,
         }
+        data["deposit"] = {
+            "id": deposit.id,
+            "fullname": deposit.client.username,
+            "collection": deposit.collection.name,
+            "author": SWH_PERSON,
+            "revision_parents": parents,
+            "author_date": author_date,
+            "committer_date": commit_date,
+        }
 
         return data
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_deposit_private_read_metadata.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
         data = response.json()
 
         expected_meta = {
-            "branch_name": "master",
             "origin": {
                 "type": "deposit",
                 "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id",
@@ -88,29 +87,22 @@
                     "version": "0.0.1",
                 },
             },
-            "revision": {
+            "deposit": {
                 "author": SWH_PERSON,
-                "committer": SWH_PERSON,
                 "committer_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 0,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1507389428},
                 },
-                "date": {
+                "author_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 0,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1507389428},
                 },
-                "message": "test: Deposit %s in collection test" % deposit.id,
-                "metadata": {
-                    "@xmlns": ["http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"],
-                    "author": ["some awesome author", "another one", "no one"],
-                    "codemeta:dateCreated": "2017-10-07T15:17:08Z",
-                    "external_identifier": "some-external-id",
-                    "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id",  # noqa
-                },
-                "synthetic": True,
-                "type": "tar",
+                "fullname": "test",
+                "id": deposit.id,
+                "collection": "test",
+                "revision_parents": [],
             },
         }
 
@@ -146,7 +138,6 @@
         data = response.json()
 
         expected_meta = {
-            "branch_name": "master",
             "origin": {
                 "type": "deposit",
                 "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id",
@@ -171,30 +162,22 @@
                     "version": "0.0.1",
                 },
             },
-            "revision": {
+            "deposit": {
                 "author": SWH_PERSON,
-                "committer": SWH_PERSON,
                 "committer_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 0,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1507389428},
                 },
-                "date": {
+                "author_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 0,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1507389428},
                 },
-                "message": "test: Deposit %s in collection test" % deposit.id,
-                "metadata": {
-                    "@xmlns": ["http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"],
-                    "author": ["some awesome author", "another one", "no one"],
-                    "codemeta:dateCreated": "2017-10-07T15:17:08Z",
-                    "external_identifier": "some-external-id",
-                    "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id",  # noqa
-                },
-                "synthetic": True,
-                "type": "tar",
-                "parents": [rev_id],
+                "fullname": "test",
+                "id": deposit.id,
+                "collection": "test",
+                "revision_parents": [rev_id],
             },
         }
 
@@ -273,7 +256,6 @@
             "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id",
         }
         expected_meta = {
-            "branch_name": "master",
             "origin": {
                 "type": "deposit",
                 "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01243065",
@@ -292,24 +274,22 @@
                     "version": "0.0.1",
                 },
             },
-            "revision": {
+            "deposit": {
                 "author": SWH_PERSON,
-                "committer": SWH_PERSON,
                 "committer_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 120,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1493820527},
                 },
-                "date": {
+                "author_date": {
                     "negative_utc": False,
                     "offset": 0,
                     "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1507389428},
                 },
-                "message": "%s: Deposit %s in collection %s"
-                % (deposit_collection.name, deposit.id, deposit_collection.name),
-                "metadata": metadata,
-                "synthetic": True,
-                "type": "tar",
+                "fullname": deposit_collection.name,
+                "id": deposit.id,
+                "collection": deposit_collection.name,
+                "revision_parents": [],
             },
         }
         assert data == expected_meta
@@ -395,39 +375,32 @@
             },
         }
 
-        expected_revision = {
+        expected_deposit_info = {
             "author": {
                 "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org",
                 "fullname": "Software Heritage",
                 "name": "Software Heritage",
             },
-            "committer": {
-                "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org",
-                "fullname": "Software Heritage",
-                "name": "Software Heritage",
-            },
             "committer_date": {
                 "negative_utc": False,
                 "offset": 0,
                 "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1459900800},
             },
-            "date": {
+            "author_date": {
                 "negative_utc": False,
                 "offset": 0,
                 "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1459900800},
             },
-            "message": "%s: Deposit %s in collection %s"
-            % (deposit_collection.name, deposit.id, deposit_collection.name),
-            "metadata": metadata,
-            "synthetic": True,
-            "type": "tar",
+            "fullname": deposit_collection.name,
+            "id": deposit.id,
+            "collection": deposit_collection.name,
+            "revision_parents": [],
         }
 
         expected_meta = {
-            "branch_name": "master",
             "origin": expected_origin,
             "origin_metadata": expected_origin_metadata,
-            "revision": expected_revision,
+            "deposit": expected_deposit_info,
         }
 
         assert data == expected_meta
@@ -531,39 +504,32 @@
             },
         }
 
-        expected_revision = {
+        expected_deposit_info = {
             "author": {
                 "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org",
                 "fullname": "Software Heritage",
                 "name": "Software Heritage",
             },
-            "committer": {
-                "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org",
-                "fullname": "Software Heritage",
-                "name": "Software Heritage",
-            },
             "committer_date": {
                 "negative_utc": False,
                 "offset": 120,
                 "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1493820527},
             },
-            "date": {
+            "author_date": {
                 "negative_utc": False,
                 "offset": 120,
                 "timestamp": {"microseconds": 0, "seconds": 1428332927},
             },
-            "message": "%s: Deposit %s in collection %s"
-            % (deposit_collection.name, deposit.id, deposit_collection.name),
-            "metadata": metadata,
-            "synthetic": True,
-            "type": "tar",
+            "fullname": deposit_collection.name,
+            "id": deposit.id,
+            "collection": deposit_collection.name,
+            "revision_parents": [],
         }
 
         expected_meta = {
-            "branch_name": "master",
             "origin": expected_origin,
             "origin_metadata": expected_origin_metadata,
-            "revision": expected_revision,
+            "deposit": expected_deposit_info,
         }
 
         assert data == expected_meta