diff --git a/swh/deposit/templates/deposit/content.xml b/swh/deposit/templates/deposit/content.xml
--- a/swh/deposit/templates/deposit/content.xml
+++ b/swh/deposit/templates/deposit/content.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,7 @@
        xmlns:sword="http://purl.org/net/sword/"
        xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
     <deposit_id>{{ deposit_id }}</deposit_id>
+    <deposit_date>{{ request.date }}</deposit_date>
     <deposit_status>{{ status }}</deposit_status>
     <deposit_status_detail>{{ status_detail }}</deposit_status_detail>
-    {% for request in requests %}
-    <sword:request>
-        {% if request and request.metadata and request.metadata|length > 0 %}
-        <metadata>
-            {% for k, v in request.metadata.items %}<{{ k }}>{{ v }}</{{ k }}>
-            {% endfor %}</metadata>
-        {% endif %}
-        <deposit_date>{{ request.date }}</deposit_date>
-    </sword:request>{% endfor %}
 </entry>
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_get_file.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_get_file.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_get_file.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_get_file.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         response = client.get(url)
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
         actual_deposit = dict(parse_xml(response.content))
-        expected_deposit["sword:request"] = actual_deposit["sword:request"]
+        del actual_deposit["deposit_date"]
         assert actual_deposit == expected_deposit