diff --git a/bbb-common-web/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/api/util/RecordingMetadataReaderHelper.java b/bbb-common-web/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/api/util/RecordingMetadataReaderHelper.java
index abc9057031..d322abe3ff 100755
--- a/bbb-common-web/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/api/util/RecordingMetadataReaderHelper.java
+++ b/bbb-common-web/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/api/util/RecordingMetadataReaderHelper.java
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ public class RecordingMetadataReaderHelper {
       log.error("IOException on " + metadataXml.getAbsolutePath(), e);
     }
 
-    if (recMeta == null) {
-      recMeta = new RecordingMetadata();
-      recMeta.setMetadataXml(metadataXml.getParentFile().getName());
-      recMeta.setProcessingError(true);
-    }
     return recMeta;
   }
 
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy
index 88a3bd2e68..d32f07009f 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy
+++ b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ class ApiController {
               returncode(RESP_CODE_SUCCESS)
               recordings(null)
               messageKey("noRecordings")
-              message("There are not recordings for the meetings")
+              message("There are no recordings for the meeting(s).")
             }
           }
         }