diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4fbe98..8648083 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ necessary to set up a gentoo github mirror based sync system:
 * Updates metadata-cache.
 * Updates the dtd directory.
 * Updates the glsa directory.
-* Updates `herds.xml` file.
 * Updates the news directory.
 
 ## Notes ##
diff --git a/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml b/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml
deleted file mode 100755
index 277ee9f..0000000
--- a/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-repository_name="${1}"
-repository_path="${3}"
-
-[[ ${repository_name} == "gentoo" ]] || exit 0
-
-source /lib/gentoo/functions.sh
-
-ebegin "Updating herds.xml"
-wget -q -O "${repository_path}"/metadata/herds.xml https://api.gentoo.org/packages/herds.xml
-eend $?