diff --git a/dev-python/edpwd/metadata.xml b/dev-python/edpwd/metadata.xml
index 395914d1c4875..d2335e8358084 100644
--- a/dev-python/edpwd/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/edpwd/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>tampakrap@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Theo Chatzimichos</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">edpwd</remote-id>
   </upstream>