diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/metadata.xml b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/metadata.xml
index 7b274bf81e54e..0d75ba589015c 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>azamat.hackimov@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Azamat H. Hackimov</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>matthew@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Matthew Smith</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>