diff --git a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/metadata.xml
index 54adfeb16ed4b..c4f7d1676cef7 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/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>hasufell@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Julian Ospald</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<maintainer status="active">
 			<email>tingping@fedoraproject.org</email>