diff --git a/app-accessibility/festival-ru/metadata.xml b/app-accessibility/festival-ru/metadata.xml
index e67034bf8d250..27c18ba7ea1c6 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/festival-ru/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-accessibility/festival-ru/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +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>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>accessibility@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Accessibility Project</name>