diff --git a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/metadata.xml
index ee51e5c59abef..ef350450bb0f9 100644
--- a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/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>dastergon@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Pavlos Ratis</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>tools-portage@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Portage tools team</name>