diff --git a/x11-wm/i3/metadata.xml b/x11-wm/i3/metadata.xml
index e2200808c61dc..b5e30d37607c3 100644
--- a/x11-wm/i3/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-wm/i3/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>xarthisius@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Kacper Kowalik</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="pango">Use <pkg>x11-libs/pango</pkg> to render text in order to support fonts which have more glyphs (e.g. Kanji). See RELEASE-NOTES for more information</flag>
 		<flag name="doc">Build and install the HTML documentation and regenerate the man pages</flag>