diff --git a/dev-php/phpmd/metadata.xml b/dev-php/phpmd/metadata.xml
index 65c6305089690..80451262f372a 100644
--- a/dev-php/phpmd/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-php/phpmd/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>olemarkus@gentoo.org</email>
-<name>Ole Markus With</name>
-</maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
 <email>php-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
 <name>PHP</name>