diff --git a/app-emacs/rpm-spec-mode/metadata.xml b/app-emacs/rpm-spec-mode/metadata.xml
index 8564839a2d8a2..c438baf3b3261 100644
--- a/app-emacs/rpm-spec-mode/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emacs/rpm-spec-mode/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>sochotnicky@gentoo.org</email>
-  <name>Stanislav Ochotnicky</name>
-</maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
   <email>gnu-emacs@gentoo.org</email>
   <name>Gentoo GNU Emacs project</name>