diff --git a/sys-apps/superiotool/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/superiotool/metadata.xml
index 99c4d48ad7eb8..27a49c3348c62 100644
--- a/sys-apps/superiotool/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/superiotool/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>idl0r@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Christian Ruppert</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>vapier@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>