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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def remove_metadata_key(self, obj, key):
 """ Removes the specified key from the object's metadata. If the key does not exist in the metadata, nothing is done. """

        meta_dict = {key: ""}
        return self.set_metadata(obj, meta_dict)