diff --git a/lxqt-base/lxqt-common/metadata.xml b/lxqt-base/lxqt-common/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a40a83a9c6a9a..0000000000000
--- a/lxqt-base/lxqt-common/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="project">
-    <email>lxqt@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>LXQt</name>
-  </maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>