diff --git a/net-misc/quickshare/metadata.xml b/net-misc/quickshare/metadata.xml
index 0b87a0d3d8719..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/net-misc/quickshare/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/quickshare/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>jdhore@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jeff Horelick</name>
-	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>