Upgrading site to HTML5; is Yahoo site verification important at all?

I'm working on redesigning an older site and I'm upgrading it to HTML5. The site currently has both Google and Yahoo site verification META tags.

I'm using HTML5 Reset as a starting template and it only has an area for Google site verification, not Yahoo. Also, the W3开发者_如何学JAVAC Validator validates Google site verification in HTML5, but not Yahoo.

Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not Yahoo site verification is important or useful? And does it hold any weight with SEO these days?

No.

Yahoo search is now powered by Bing.

You can remove both (Google and Bing) verification references and authenticate using other methods (DNS is best). Bing only offers meta tag and XML methods.