diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <herd>kernel-misc</herd>
-  <maintainer>
-    <email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
-  <use>
-	  <flag name='xen'>Enable extended xen support</flag>
-  </use>
-</pkgmetadata>