diff --git a/www-servers/lighttpd/metadata.xml b/www-servers/lighttpd/metadata.xml
index f65961da57f0a..db4320b4bb838 100644
--- a/www-servers/lighttpd/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-servers/lighttpd/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>wired@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Alex Alexander</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>hwoarang@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Markos Chandras</name>