It doesn't really harm anything to leave it, but <hgroup> is being removed from W3's HTML 5.0 CR.

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Apr/0003.html

[omega] (7.x-4.x) $ grep -rn 'hgroup' *
layouts/simple/simple-layout.tpl.php:9:        <hgroup>
layouts/simple/simple-layout.tpl.php:19:        </hgroup>
libraries/html5shiv/html5shiv.js:210:        'article,aside,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup...
libraries/html5shiv/html5shiv.js:239:  ... footer header hgroup...
starterkits/extended/css/reset.css:11:hgroup,
templates/system/maintenance-page.tpl.php:41:        <hgroup>
templates/system/maintenance-page.tpl.php:51:        </hgroup>
templates/system/page.tpl.php:79:        <hgroup>
templates/system/page.tpl.php:89:        </hgroup>

One is inside a minified file:

libraries/html5shiv/html5shiv.min.js:2

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msmithcti commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Cheers rupl - I think hgroup's days were always numbered! I've gone ahead and committed this, see this blog post for more details on the removal.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.