diff --git a/dev-util/scons/metadata.xml b/dev-util/scons/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-util/scons/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<herd>python</herd>
-	<maintainer>
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Python Project Team</name>
-	</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>