diff --git a/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/metadata.xml
index 995008a6e90bc..c3c3aa4a5e89f 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/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>neurogeek@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jesus Rivero</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="google-code">yaml-cpp</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">jbeder/yaml-cpp</remote-id>