diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/metainforeader.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/metainforeader.cpp
index 4c6cf7ec1d2..83d826ad9ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/metainforeader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/metainforeader.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ void MetaInfoReader::readImportsProperty(const QString &name, const QVariant &va
 
     if (name == "blacklistImports" && !values.isEmpty()) {
         m_metaInfo.itemLibraryInfo()->addBlacklistImports(values);
+    } else if (name == "showTagsForImports" && !values.isEmpty()) {
+        // Flow tags removed, but keeping this for now to avoid errors parsing old metadata files
     } else {
         addError(tr("Unknown property for Imports %1").arg(name), currentSourceLocation());
         setParserState(Error);