diff --git a/client/Home.md b/client/Home.md
index f4dd485..fbfada0 100644
--- a/client/Home.md
+++ b/client/Home.md
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Append a `/` at the end of a URL to view a listing of all the files in a package
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>`meta`</td>
-      <td>`undefined`</td>
-      <td>Return metadata about a file in a package as JSON (e.g. `/any/file?meta`)</td>
+      <td></td>
+      <td>Return metadata about any file in a package as JSON (e.g. `/any/file?meta`)</td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/server/createServer.js b/server/createServer.js
index cab6829..e50796d 100644
--- a/server/createServer.js
+++ b/server/createServer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const checkBlacklist = require('./middleware/checkBlacklist')
 const parsePackageURL = require('./middleware/parsePackageURL')
 const fetchFile = require('./middleware/fetchFile')
 const serveFile = require('./middleware/serveFile')
-const serveMetadata = require('./middleware/serveMetadata')
 
 /**
  * A list of packages we refuse to serve.
@@ -74,13 +73,6 @@ function createServer() {
     maxAge: '365d'
   }))
 
-  app.use('/_meta',
-    parsePackageURL,
-    checkBlacklist(PackageBlacklist),
-    fetchFile,
-    serveMetadata
-  )
-
   app.use('/',
     parsePackageURL,
     checkBlacklist(PackageBlacklist),
diff --git a/server/middleware/parsePackageURL.js b/server/middleware/parsePackageURL.js
index f0345cc..8887766 100644
--- a/server/middleware/parsePackageURL.js
+++ b/server/middleware/parsePackageURL.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const validateNPMPackageName = require('validate-npm-package-name')
 const PackageURL = require('../PackageURL')
 
 const KnownQueryParams = {
-  json: true, // deprecated
   main: true,
   meta: true
 }
@@ -16,23 +15,30 @@ function queryIsKnown(query) {
   return Object.keys(query).every(isKnownQueryParam)
 }
 
-function sanitizeQuery(query) {
-  const saneQuery = {}
+function createSearch(query, withMeta) {
+  let search = ''
 
-  Object.keys(query).forEach(function (param) {
-    if (isKnownQueryParam(param))
-      saneQuery[param] = query[param]
-  })
+  if (query.main)
+    search += `main=${encodeURIComponent(query.main)}`
 
-  return saneQuery
+  // Do this manually because stringify uses ?meta= for { meta: true }
+  if (query.meta != null || query.json != null || withMeta)
+    search += (search ? '&' : '') + 'meta'
+
+  return search ? `?${search}` : ''
 }
 
 /**
  * Parse and validate the URL.
  */
 function parsePackageURL(req, res, next) {
+  // Redirect /_meta/pkg to /pkg?meta.
+  if (req.path.match(/^\/_meta\//))
+    return res.redirect(req.path.substr(6) + createSearch(req.query, true))
+
   const url = PackageURL.parse(req.url)
 
+  // Do not allow invalid URLs.
   if (url == null)
     return res.status(403).type('text').send(`Invalid URL: ${req.url}`)
 
@@ -45,10 +51,8 @@ function parsePackageURL(req, res, next) {
   // Redirect requests with unknown query params to their equivalents
   // with only known params so they can be served from the cache. This
   // prevents people using random query params designed to bust the cache.
-  if (!queryIsKnown(url.query)) {
-    const search = qs.stringify(sanitizeQuery(url.query))
-    return res.redirect(url.pathname + (search ? `?${search}` : ''))
-  }
+  if (!queryIsKnown(url.query))
+    return res.redirect(url.pathname + createSearch(url.query))
 
   req.packageName = url.packageName
   req.packageVersion = url.packageVersion
diff --git a/server/middleware/serveFile.js b/server/middleware/serveFile.js
index 0f11535..a876aa5 100644
--- a/server/middleware/serveFile.js
+++ b/server/middleware/serveFile.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
-const qs = require('querystring')
 const etag = require('etag')
+const getMetadata = require('./utils/getMetadata')
 const getFileContentType = require('./utils/getFileContentType')
 const getIndexHTML = require('./utils/getIndexHTML')
 
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ const getIndexHTML = require('./utils/getIndexHTML')
  */
 const AutoIndex = !process.env.DISABLE_INDEX
 
+/**
+ * Maximum recursion depth for meta listings.
+ */
+const MaximumDepth = 128
+
 function sendFile(res, file, stats) {
   let contentType = getFileContentType(file)
 
@@ -36,12 +41,19 @@ function sendFile(res, file, stats) {
  * Send the file, JSON metadata, or HTML directory listing.
  */
 function serveFile(req, res, next) {
-  if (req.query.meta != null || req.query.json != null) {
-    // Preserve support for ?meta and ?json for backwards compat.
-    delete req.query.meta
-    delete req.query.json
-    const search = qs.stringify(req.query)
-    res.redirect(`/_meta${req.pathname}${search}`)
+  if (req.query.meta != null) {
+    getMetadata(req.packageDir, req.file, req.stats, MaximumDepth, function (error, metadata) {
+      if (error) {
+        console.error(error)
+        res.status(500).type('text').send(`Cannot generate metadata for ${req.packageSpec}${req.filename}`)
+      } else {
+        // Cache metadata for 1 year.
+        res.set({
+          'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=31536000',
+          'Cache-Tag': 'meta'
+        }).send(metadata)
+      }
+    })
   } else if (req.stats.isFile()) {
     // Cache files for 1 year.
     res.set({
diff --git a/server/middleware/serveMetadata.js b/server/middleware/serveMetadata.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e8ec84..0000000
--- a/server/middleware/serveMetadata.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-const getMetadata = require('./utils/getMetadata')
-
-/**
- * Maximum recursion depth for meta listings.
- */
-const MaximumDepth = 128
-
-function serveMetadata(req, res) {
-  getMetadata(req.packageDir, req.file, req.stats, MaximumDepth, function (error, metadata) {
-    if (error) {
-      console.error(error)
-      res.status(500).type('text').send(`Cannot generate metadata for ${req.packageSpec}${req.filename}`)
-    } else {
-      // Cache metadata for 1 year.
-      res.set({
-        'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=31536000',
-        'Cache-Tag': 'meta'
-      }).send(metadata)
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-module.exports = serveMetadata