diff --git a/app-emulation/rkt/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/rkt/metadata.xml
index 790b77b4fb60c..5616198ef171a 100644
--- a/app-emulation/rkt/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/rkt/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>mail@stefanjunker.de</email>
-		<name>Stefan Junker</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		rkt is a new container runtime, designed for composability, security,
 		and speed. Today we are releasing a prototype version on GitHub to begin