diff --git a/dev-util/kup/metadata.xml b/dev-util/kup/metadata.xml
index c1a7e1706e63e..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/dev-util/kup/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/kup/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <?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>
-	<name>Greg Kroah-Hartman</name>
-</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>