diff --git a/sys-firmware/vgabios/metadata.xml b/sys-firmware/vgabios/metadata.xml
index bf3348eb56eb1..521ac7ba70d27 100644
--- a/sys-firmware/vgabios/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-firmware/vgabios/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>tamiko@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Matthias Maier</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>virtualization@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Virtualization Project</name>