diff --git a/dev-python/tqdm/metadata.xml b/dev-python/tqdm/metadata.xml
index 3625874f6b119..9ab5e65d01de4 100644
--- a/dev-python/tqdm/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/tqdm/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>gentoo@chymera.eu</email>
-		<name>Horea Christian</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>