diff --git a/app-crypt/pesign/metadata.xml b/app-crypt/pesign/metadata.xml
index a90d7b928882d..6d45d8ee2ca4a 100644
--- a/app-crypt/pesign/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-crypt/pesign/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>gregkh@gentoo.org</email>
-    <description>do whatever</description>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">vathpela/pesign</remote-id>
   </upstream>