diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fa9d247c..f856ba5c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ system. Old cached data will be converted to the new format automatically.
 ### Breaking changes
 
 * `getAll` and `getListing` now return an empty object instead of undefined when no items
-  match the query
+    match the query
+* Object meta data has been removed from the `getListing` response, until we have a better
+    implementation (#652, #720, #721)
 * `disconnect` event removed in favor of `disconnected`
 * `remoteStorage.claimAccess` removed in favor of `remoteStorage.access.claim`
 * `BaseClient#use` and `BaseClient#release` removed in favor of `BaseClient#cache`
@@ -23,12 +25,12 @@ system. Old cached data will be converted to the new format automatically.
 * Major rewrite of the tree-based sync and caching system
 * Performance was improved, especially when storing many small objects
 * A new `maxAge` parameter is available in the various BaseClient get...
-  functions, where you can specify the maximum age of cached results (in ms).
-  This replaces the ready-queue from 0.9.0.
+    functions, where you can specify the maximum age of cached results (in ms).
+    This replaces the ready-queue from 0.9.0.
 * Caching of subtrees can now be configured as 'ALL', 'SEEN', or 'FLUSH'. The second
-  one means documents that were seen once, will stay synced. Check the
-  [caching documentation](http://remotestorage.io/doc/code/files/caching-js.html)
-  for details. `caching.enable(path)` will use 'ALL' by default.
+    one means documents that were seen once, will stay synced. Check the
+    [caching documentation](http://remotestorage.io/doc/code/files/caching-js.html)
+    for details. `caching.enable(path)` will use 'ALL' by default.
 * Add and use background sync interval, based on Page Visibility API (#462)
 * Choose from which origins change events are emitted via `RemoteStorage.config.changeEvents`
 * More unit tests
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ in the next release via https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.js/issues
 * Label change events from initial sync as 'local' if they come from local
 * Add JSHint config
 * Add in-memory storage for when neither IndexedDB nor localStorage are
-  available
+    available
 * Move the example server and example apps to gh:remotestorage/starter-kit
 * Add setSyncInterval method
 * Add i18n module, enable translation/customization of all content strings
@@ -87,10 +89,10 @@ in the next release via https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.js/issues
 * Size reduced by almost 25%, to 34K minified, gzipped
 * Fixes issues with non-ASCII characters in item names
 * Fixes unnecessary polling of documents whose entry in the parent directory
-  did not change
+    did not change
 * Widget fixes
 * Compatible with [remotestorage-02](https://github.com/remotestorage/spec/blob/master/draft-dejong-remotestorage-head.txt)
-  (although nothing needed to change for this)
+    (although nothing needed to change for this)
 
 ## 0.8.1 (August 2013)
 
@@ -121,9 +123,9 @@ in the next release via https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.js/issues
 * Made validation schemas global (schemas from other modules can be referred to using: <module-name>/<type-alias>)
 * Added 'inspect' debug widget. If debug support is built in, use remoteStorage.inspect() in your app to try it.
 * Deprectated the "util" part. It contained a lot of utility functions that bloated the library and are also
-  available in the same or similar form from third-party libraries.
-  Until the next major release a subset of the "util" object will still be available (see "src/legacy.js" for
-  a list of methods that are included).
+    available in the same or similar form from third-party libraries.
+    Until the next major release a subset of the "util" object will still be available (see "src/legacy.js" for
+    a list of methods that are included).
 
 ## 0.7.0 (January 2013)
 
diff --git a/src/baseclient.js b/src/baseclient.js
index 1ac57ed65..3a0689bea 100644
--- a/src/baseclient.js
+++ b/src/baseclient.js
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
    *
    * A BaseClient deals with three types of data: folders, objects and files.
    *
-   * <getListing> returns a list of all items within a folder, or undefined
-   * if a 404 is encountered. Items that end with a forward slash ("/") are
-   * child folders.
+   * <getListing> returns a mapping of all items within a folder. Items that
+   * end with a forward slash ("/") are child folders. For instance:
+   * {
+   *   'folder/': true,
+   *   'document.txt': true
+   * }
    *
    * <getObject> / <storeObject> operate on JSON objects. Each object has a type.
    *
@@ -199,9 +202,11 @@
      * Example:
      *   (start code)
      *   client.getListing('', false).then(function(listing) {
-     *     listing.forEach(function(item) {
-     *       console.log(item);
-     *     });
+     *     // listing is for instance:
+     *     // {
+     *     //   'folder/': true,
+     *     //   'document.txt': true
+     *     // }
      *   });
      *   (end code)
      */
diff --git a/src/cachinglayer.js b/src/cachinglayer.js
index 04431e6ac..d617c9c33 100644
--- a/src/cachinglayer.js
+++ b/src/cachinglayer.js
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@
         this.getNodes([path]).then(function(objs) {
           var node = getLatest(objs[path]);
           if (node) {
+            if (isFolder(path)) {
+              for (var i in node.itemsMap) {
+                // the hasOwnProperty check here is only because our jshint settings require it:
+                if (node.itemsMap.hasOwnProperty(i) && node.itemsMap[i] === false) {
+                  delete node.itemsMap[i];
+                }
+              }
+            }
             promise.fulfill(200, node.body || node.itemsMap, node.contentType);
           } else {
             promise.fulfill(404);
diff --git a/test/unit/inmemorycaching-suite.js b/test/unit/inmemorycaching-suite.js
index 9668cb119..2c8f737fe 100644
--- a/test/unit/inmemorycaching-suite.js
+++ b/test/unit/inmemorycaching-suite.js
@@ -113,6 +113,33 @@ define(['requirejs'], function(requirejs) {
         }
       },
 
+      {
+        desc: "#get removes falsy items from local version itemsMap",
+        run: function(env, test) {
+          var requestQueued = false;
+          var oldTimestamp = (new Date().getTime()) - 1000;
+
+          env.rs.local._storage['/'] = {
+            path: '/',
+            common: {
+              itemsMap: { foo: true, bar: true },
+              timestamp: oldTimestamp,
+              revision: '123'
+            },
+            local: {
+              itemsMap: { foo: true, bar: false },
+              timestamp: oldTimestamp,
+              revision: '123'
+            }
+          };
+          env.rs.local.get('/', false).then(function(status, itemsMap) {
+            test.assertAnd(status, 200);
+            test.assertAnd(itemsMap, { foo: true });
+            test.done();
+          });
+        }
+      },
+
       {
         desc: "#get gets queued as a sync request if node is older than the maxAge",
         run: function(env, test) {