diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFileListManager.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFileListManager.java
index a3f11e3e..956280e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFileListManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFileListManager.java
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ public class ArbitraryDataFileListManager {
         List<byte[]> hashes = new ArrayList<>();
         ArbitraryTransactionData transactionData = null;
         boolean allChunksExist = false;
+        boolean hasMetadata = false;
 
         try (final Repository repository = RepositoryManager.getRepository()) {
 
@@ -562,6 +563,7 @@ public class ArbitraryDataFileListManager {
                         // Add the metadata file
                         if (arbitraryDataFile.getMetadataHash() != null) {
                             requestedHashes.add(arbitraryDataFile.getMetadataHash());
+                            hasMetadata = true;
                         }
 
                         // Add the chunk hashes
@@ -594,6 +596,12 @@ public class ArbitraryDataFileListManager {
             LOGGER.error(String.format("Repository issue while fetching arbitrary file list for peer %s", peer), e);
         }
 
+        // If the only file we have is the metadata then we shouldn't respond. Most nodes will already have that,
+        // or can use the separate metadata protocol to fetch it. This should greatly reduce network spam.
+        if (hasMetadata && hashes.size() == 1) {
+            hashes.clear();
+        }
+
         // We should only respond if we have at least one hash
         if (hashes.size() > 0) {