diff --git a/x11-plugins/prpltwtr/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/prpltwtr/metadata.xml
index c73bda7913364..da67ebe101cd0 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/prpltwtr/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/prpltwtr/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>jdhore@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jeff Horelick</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="google-code">prpltwtr</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">mikeage/prpltwtr</remote-id>