diff --git a/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml b/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
index 32b8b78a91d23..4e10b8d10e4dc 100644
--- a/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>patrick@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Patrick Lauer</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>hydrapolic@gmail.com</email>
     <name>Tomáš Mózes</name>