diff --git a/dev-util/obs-service-download_src_package/metadata.xml b/dev-util/obs-service-download_src_package/metadata.xml
index b2d1711cfd562..8eed9fddc78e0 100644
--- a/dev-util/obs-service-download_src_package/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/obs-service-download_src_package/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="project">
-	<email>suse@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>SUSE</name>
-</maintainer>
 <longdescription lang="en">
 This is a source service for Open Build Service. This service is parsing all spec files and downloads all Source files which are specified via a http, https or ftp url.
 </longdescription>