diff --git a/x11-themes/solar-backgrounds/metadata.xml b/x11-themes/solar-backgrounds/metadata.xml
index 1c23fe65b5c87..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/x11-themes/solar-backgrounds/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-themes/solar-backgrounds/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>flameeyes@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>