diff --git a/dev-util/fastconf/metadata.xml b/dev-util/fastconf/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-util/fastconf/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>binki@ohnopub.net</email>
-  </maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>