diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/region-info/build-tools/metadata.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/region-info/build-tools/metadata.ts
index 8bce2beb71c89..1e11d55df9452 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/region-info/build-tools/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/region-info/build-tools/metadata.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export const AWS_CDK_METADATA = new Set([
   'ap-southeast-1',
   'ap-southeast-2',
   'ca-central-1',
-  'cn-north-1',
-  'cn-northwest-1',
   'eu-central-1',
   'eu-north-1',
   'eu-south-1',