diff --git a/app-accessibility/festival-hts/metadata.xml b/app-accessibility/festival-hts/metadata.xml
index 78e53c2f6f1b9..1dacdab965c18 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/festival-hts/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-accessibility/festival-hts/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>