diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
index 6175d6d..1e0fef3 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Ordinal: {{ .Ordinal}}
 <div id="{{ $galleryWrapperId }}" class="gallery-wrapper">
 <div id="{{ $galleryId }}" class="justified-gallery">
         {{ range $original := sort $images "Name" $sortOrder}}
-                {{ if and (eq $original.ResourceType "image") (in "jpeg png tiff webp" $original.MediaType.SubType) (not (hasSuffix $original.Name ".meta")) }}
+                {{ if and (eq $original.ResourceType "image") (in "jpeg png tiff webp" $original.MediaType.SubType) }}
 
                         {{/* Get metadata from sidecar file, if present. Else an empty dictionary is used. */}}
                         {{ $metaFileName := print $original.Name ".meta"}}