diff --git a/sci-geosciences/tcd-utils/metadata.xml b/sci-geosciences/tcd-utils/metadata.xml
index dccb0b9b8580b..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/sci-geosciences/tcd-utils/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-geosciences/tcd-utils/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>hasufell@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Julian Ospald</name>
-</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>