diff --git a/app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets/metadata.xml b/app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets/metadata.xml
index 3a5a92d195bbb..2994e8678f235 100644
--- a/app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets/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>flameeyes@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="ruby">
       Install the Ruby-based dbtoepub script; requires an interpreter