diff --git a/dev-lang/micropython/metadata.xml b/dev-lang/micropython/metadata.xml
index e644fcc0141c7..125d5554f37e9 100644
--- a/dev-lang/micropython/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lang/micropython/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>monsieurp@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Patrice Clement</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Python</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">micropython/micropython</remote-id>
 	</upstream>