diff --git a/dev-libs/liblist/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/liblist/metadata.xml
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--- a/dev-libs/liblist/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <herd>dev-tools</herd>
-  <maintainer>
-    <email>nerdboy@gentoo.org</email>
-    <description>Primary maintainer</description>
-  </maintainer>
-  <longdescription>
-  This package provides generic linked-list manipulation routines.  In addition,
-  queue and stack abstractions are provided by single header files.
-  </longdescription>
-</pkgmetadata>