diff --git a/app-text/asa/metadata.xml b/app-text/asa/metadata.xml
index 768cea0770b96..e27d4d3e7e650 100644
--- a/app-text/asa/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/asa/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>floppym@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Mike Gilbert</name>
-  </maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
+<pkgmetadata/>