diff --git a/dev-vcs/veracity/metadata.xml b/dev-vcs/veracity/metadata.xml
index b60e35ca9a77e..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/veracity/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-vcs/veracity/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>binki@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Nathan Phillip Brink</name>
-  </maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>