diff --git a/src/api/class-tainacan-rest-controller.php b/src/api/class-tainacan-rest-controller.php
index ab3c75564..d9224d3bc 100644
--- a/src/api/class-tainacan-rest-controller.php
+++ b/src/api/class-tainacan-rest-controller.php
@@ -141,90 +141,6 @@ class REST_Controller extends \WP_REST_Controller {
 		return $args;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param $data
-	 * @param $metadatum_name
-	 * @param $request
-	 *
-	 * @return \WP_Error
-	 */
-	function gt_user_meta( $data, $metadatum_name, $request ) {
-		if( $data['id'] ){
-			$user_meta = get_user_meta( $data['id'] );
-		}
-
-		if ( !$user_meta ) {
-			return new \WP_Error( 'No user meta found', 'No user meta found', array( 'status' => 404 ) );
-		}
-
-		foreach ($user_meta as $key => $value) {
-			$data[$key] = $value;
-		}
-
-		return $data;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param $meta
-	 * @param $user
-	 * @param $metadatum_name
-	 *
-	 * @param $request
-	 *
-	 * @return mixed|\WP_Error
-	 */
-	public function up_user_meta( $meta, $user, $metadatum_name, $request ) {
-		if ( !$user->ID ) {
-			return new \WP_Error( 'No user found', 'No user found', array( 'status' => 404 ) );
-		}
-
-		$user_id = $user->ID;
-		$metas = $metadatum_name === 'meta' ? $meta : [];
-
-		$map = [
-			'metakey',
-			'metavalue',
-			'prevvalue',
-		];
-
-		if ($request['delete'] === 'true'){
-			if($this->contains_array($metas, $map)){
-				foreach ($metas as $index => $meta){
-					if (isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]])){
-						delete_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]]);
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				foreach ($metas as $meta){
-					if (isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]])){
-						delete_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]]);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		} elseif($this->contains_array($metas, $map)){
-			foreach ($metas as $index => $meta){
-				if(isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]], $meta[$map[2]])){
-
-					update_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]], $meta[$map[2]]);
-				} elseif (isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]])){
-
-					add_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]]);
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			foreach ($metas as $meta){
-				if(isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]], $meta[$map[2]])){
-
-					update_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]], $meta[$map[2]]);
-				} elseif (isset($meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]])){
-
-					add_user_meta($user_id, $meta[$map[0]], $meta[$map[1]]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @param $mapped
 	 * @param $request
diff --git a/tests/test-api-items.php b/tests/test-api-items.php
index 5a59d364c..a7536c5ba 100644
--- a/tests/test-api-items.php
+++ b/tests/test-api-items.php
@@ -179,7 +179,83 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Items_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals('SCRUM e XP', $data['title']);
 	}
 
-	function test_fetch_only() {
+	public function test_get_items_with_metadata_not_filled(){
+		$collection = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'collection',
+			array(
+				'name'        => 'Agile',
+				'description' => 'Agile methods',
+				'status'      => 'publish'
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$metadatum = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'metadatum',
+			array(
+				'name'   => 'metadatum',
+				'status' => 'publish',
+				'collection' => $collection,
+				'metadata_type'  => 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Text',
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$item1 = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'item',
+			array(
+				'title'       => 'Lean Startup',
+				'description' => 'Um processo ágil para validação de ideias.',
+				'collection'  => $collection,
+				'status'      => 'publish'
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$item2 = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'item',
+			array(
+				'title'       => 'SCRUM',
+				'description' => 'Um framework ágil para gerenciamento de produto.',
+				'collection'  => $collection,
+				'status'      => 'publish'
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$itemMetaRepo = \Tainacan\Repositories\Item_Metadata::get_instance();
+
+		$newMeta = new \Tainacan\Entities\Item_Metadata_Entity($item1, $metadatum);
+
+		// Fills item metadata only for item 1
+		$newMeta->set_value('test');
+		$newMeta->validate();
+
+		$itemMetaRepo->insert($newMeta);
+
+		$attributes = [
+			'metaquery' => [
+				'key'     => $metadatum->get_id(),
+				'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS'
+			],
+		];
+
+		$request = new \WP_REST_Request(
+			'GET', $this->namespace . '/collection/'. $collection->get_id() .'/items'
+		);
+
+		$request->set_query_params($attributes);
+
+		$response = $this->server->dispatch($request);
+
+		$data = $response->get_data();
+
+		$this->assertCount(1, $data);
+		$this->assertEquals('SCRUM', $data[0]['title']);
+		$this->assertEquals($item2->get_id(), $data[0]['id']);
+	}
+
+	public function test_fetch_only() {
 
 		$collection = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
 			'collection',
@@ -195,7 +271,6 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Items_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 		    'metadatum',
 		    array(
 			    'name'   => 'private_meta',
-			    'status' => 'publish',
 			    'collection' => $collection,
 				'metadata_type'  => 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Text',
 				'status' => 'private'
@@ -207,7 +282,6 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Items_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 		    'metadatum',
 		    array(
 			    'name'   => 'public_meta',
-			    'status' => 'publish',
 			    'collection' => $collection,
 				'metadata_type'  => 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Text',
 				'status' => 'publish'
@@ -219,7 +293,6 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Items_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 		    'metadatum',
 		    array(
 			    'name'   => 'discarded',
-			    'status' => 'publish',
 			    'collection' => $collection,
 				'metadata_type'  => 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Text',
 				'status' => 'publish'