diff --git a/geoarray/baseclasses.py b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
index 3cee46ee7303de9f02f426a229314cd43c1c89b1..02fe6471c7f17cda65c189a8df5cf10f4ef26e8b 100644
--- a/geoarray/baseclasses.py
+++ b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
@@ -516,11 +516,12 @@ class GeoArray(object):
                 return self._metadata
 
     @metadata.setter
-    def metadata(self, GDF):
-        assert isinstance(GDF, (GeoDataFrame, DataFrame)) and len(GDF.columns) == self.bands, \
-            "%s.metadata can only be set with an instance of geopandas.GeoDataFrame of which the column number " \
-            "corresponds to the band number of %s." % (self.__class__.__name__, self.__class__.__name__)
-        self._metadata = GDF
+    def metadata(self, meta):
+        if not isinstance(meta, GDAL_Metadata) or meta.bands != self.bands:
+            raise ValueError("%s.metadata can only be set with an instance of geoarray.metadata.GDAL_Metadata of "
+                             "which the band number corresponds to the band number of %s."
+                             % (self.__class__.__name__, self.__class__.__name__))
+        self._metadata = meta
 
     meta = alias_property('metadata')
 
diff --git a/geoarray/metadata.py b/geoarray/metadata.py
index 8472c15aba22e2836247fd1c0833eb92177c0722..a5503b4c9a6c2651294937d905e539c4e46cc87b 100644
--- a/geoarray/metadata.py
+++ b/geoarray/metadata.py
@@ -43,18 +43,6 @@ class GDAL_Metadata(object):
     def from_file(cls, filePath):
         return GDAL_Metadata(filePath=filePath)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_DataFrame(cls, dataframe):
-        # type: (GeoDataFrame) -> 'GDAL_Metadata'
-
-        if dataframe.empty:
-            raise ValueError('DataFame must not be empty.')
-
-        GDMD = GDAL_Metadata(nbands=dataframe.shape[1])
-        GDMD.df = dataframe
-
-        return GDMD
-
     def to_DataFrame(self):
         df = GeoDataFrame(columns=range(self.bands))