diff --git a/sys-libs/nss-usrfiles/metadata.xml b/sys-libs/nss-usrfiles/metadata.xml
index 7b6e2601d4cad..dfeb31366c3eb 100644
--- a/sys-libs/nss-usrfiles/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-libs/nss-usrfiles/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>ryao@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Richard Yao</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">coreos/nss-altfiles</remote-id>
 	</upstream>