diff --git a/app-emulation/flannel/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/flannel/metadata.xml
index cfe71d5ee7939..26007a60b41bc 100644
--- a/app-emulation/flannel/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/flannel/metadata.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">coreos/flannel</remote-id>
   </upstream>