diff --git a/media-plugins/gst-plugins-x/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/gst-plugins-x/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/media-plugins/gst-plugins-x/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<herd>gstreamer</herd>
-</pkgmetadata>