diff --git a/plugins/inventory/ntnx_prism_vm_inventory.py b/plugins/inventory/ntnx_prism_vm_inventory.py
index c6100813..4a085861 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/ntnx_prism_vm_inventory.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/ntnx_prism_vm_inventory.py
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
                 self.inventory.set_variable(
                     vm_name, "ntnx_categories", entity["metadata"]["categories"]
                 )
-            if "metadata" in entity and "project_reference" in entity["metadata"]:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    vm_name,
-                    "ntnx_project",
-                    entity["metadata"]["project_reference"]["name"],
-                )
 
             # Add variables created by the user's Jinja2 expressions to the host
             self._set_composite_vars(