diff --git a/dev-libs/lzo/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/lzo/metadata.xml
index 3da3d63346ccd..3d84bfb952dca 100644
--- a/dev-libs/lzo/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/lzo/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="person">
-    <email>binki@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Nathan Phillip Brink</name>
-</maintainer>
 <longdescription/>
 </pkgmetadata>