diff --git a/net-www/gnash/metadata.xml b/net-www/gnash/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/net-www/gnash/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>no-herd</herd>
-  <maintainer>
-    <email>genstef@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Stefan Schweizer</name>
-  </maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>