diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
index 2597ac64fd..3025ee78a4 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
@@ -364,6 +364,16 @@ class ContentStoreTest(TestCase):
         effort = ms.get_item(Location(['i4x','edX','full','about','end_date', None]))
         self.assertEqual(effort.definition['data'],'TBD')
 
+    def test_remove_hide_progress_tab(self):
+        import_from_xml(modulestore(), 'common/test/data/', ['full'])
+
+        ms = modulestore('direct')
+        cs = contentstore()
+
+        source_location = CourseDescriptor.id_to_location('edX/full/6.002_Spring_2012')
+        course = ms.get_item(source_location)
+        self.assertNotIn('hide_progress_tab', course.metadata)
+
 
     def test_clone_course(self):
         import_from_xml(modulestore(), 'common/test/data/', ['full'])
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
index ca5fd34a5e..fa45f92dfc 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ def import_from_xml(store, data_dir, course_dirs=None,
 
                 module = remap_namespace(module, target_location_namespace)
 
-                # HACK: for now we don't support progress tabs. There's a special metadata configuration setting for this.
-                module.metadata['hide_progress_tab'] = True
-
                 # cdodge: more hacks (what else). Seems like we have a problem when importing a course (like 6.002) which 
                 # does not have any tabs defined in the policy file. The import goes fine and then displays fine in LMS, 
                 # but if someone tries to add a new tab in the CMS, then the LMS barfs because it expects that -