diff --git a/dev-util/molecule-core/metadata.xml b/dev-util/molecule-core/metadata.xml
index 73c8492a58220..d531ba147a5eb 100644
--- a/dev-util/molecule-core/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/molecule-core/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>mudler@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Ettore Di Giacinto</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>lxnay@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Fabio Erculiani</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		Molecule is a build tool that can build, rebuild or extend Sabayon Linux or
 		Gentoo Linux OS releases OpenVZ templates and stage4 tarballs.