diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
index 1ba498c9d8..5f75cfd3b8 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ class BaseInvocationOutput(BaseModel):
         return tuple(subclasses)
 
 
-class InvocationMeta(BaseModel):
-    is_intermediate: bool = Field(
-        default=False,
-        description="Whether this is an intermediate node. Intermediate nodes are periodically deleted."
-    )
-
 class BaseInvocation(ABC, BaseModel):
     """A node to process inputs and produce outputs.
     May use dependency injection in __init__ to receive providers.
@@ -84,8 +78,7 @@ class BaseInvocation(ABC, BaseModel):
     
     #fmt: off
     id: str = Field(description="The id of this node. Must be unique among all nodes.")
-    type: str = Field(description="The type of this node. Must be unique among all nodes.")
-    meta: InvocationMeta = Field(default=InvocationMeta(), description="The meta properties of this node.")
+    is_intermediate: bool = Field(default=False, description="Whether or not this node is an intermediate node.")
     #fmt: on
 
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/cv.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/cv.py
index f24a83a795..5e9fe088b5 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/cv.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/cv.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CvInpaintInvocation(BaseInvocation, CvInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/generate.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/generate.py
index 2fa2a15faa..44280c3b41 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/generate.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/generate.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TextToImageInvocation(BaseInvocation, SDImageInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
             node_id=self.id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class ImageToImageInvocation(TextToImageInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
             node_id=self.id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class InpaintInvocation(ImageToImageInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
             node_id=self.id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
index c561eb100f..69d51e6158 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ImageCropInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class ImagePasteInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class MaskFromAlphaInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.MASK,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return MaskOutput(
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class ImageMultiplyInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class ImageChannelInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class ImageConvertInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class ImageBlurInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class ImageLerpInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class ImageInverseLerpInvocation(BaseInvocation, PILInvocationConfig):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
index 313edec201..ad60b62633 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class InfillColorInvocation(BaseInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class InfillTileInvocation(BaseInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class InfillPatchMatchInvocation(BaseInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
index 9f78d72b77..11ea7134bb 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/latent.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class LatentsToImageInvocation(BaseInvocation):
                 image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
                 session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
                 node_id=self.id,
-                is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate
+                is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate
             )
 
             return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/reconstruct.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/reconstruct.py
index 0fa83df941..db71e4201d 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/reconstruct.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/reconstruct.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class RestoreFaceInvocation(BaseInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
index 07b574e02e..90c9e4bf4f 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/upscale.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class UpscaleInvocation(BaseInvocation):
             image_category=ImageCategory.GENERAL,
             node_id=self.id,
             session_id=context.graph_execution_state_id,
-            is_intermediate=self.meta.is_intermediate,
+            is_intermediate=self.is_intermediate,
         )
 
         return ImageOutput(