diff --git a/net-libs/libnftnl/metadata.xml b/net-libs/libnftnl/metadata.xml
index 2f555d4052453..cdf9238d83cd9 100644
--- a/net-libs/libnftnl/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/libnftnl/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>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-</maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
 	<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Gentoo Base System</name>