diff --git a/mail-client/thunderbird-bin/metadata.xml b/mail-client/thunderbird-bin/metadata.xml
index ef031ce2dfaf2..1e8158dc0e0b3 100644
--- a/mail-client/thunderbird-bin/metadata.xml
+++ b/mail-client/thunderbird-bin/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>whissi@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Thomas Deutschmann</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>mozilla@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Mozilla Team</name>