diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libxml/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml/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>
-<herd>no-herd</herd>
-<maintainer>
-<email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
-</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>