diff --git a/lxde-base/menu-cache/metadata.xml b/lxde-base/menu-cache/metadata.xml
index 5f7b2ab37a72c..f2c86a56bb047 100644
--- a/lxde-base/menu-cache/metadata.xml
+++ b/lxde-base/menu-cache/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>lxde@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Gentoo LXDE Project</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>lxqt@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>LXQt</name>