Does Unity still not remove the meta file while compiling web player template?

When compiling for web, Unity keeps the meta file for the web player template. Why is that? It is not necessary. Someone mentioned it before for an issue here, but I could not find any solution for it.

I am currently using Unity 4.5.5, but will be updating the latest version sometime in the future. I just want to make sure this issue was solved or not.