diff --git a/sys-power/bbswitch/metadata.xml b/sys-power/bbswitch/metadata.xml
index 904ede51e0da1..b3d6c09487bdf 100644
--- a/sys-power/bbswitch/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-power/bbswitch/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>pacho@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Pacho Ramos</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>gentoo@mva.name</email>
 		<name>Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov</name>