diff --git a/dev-python/pycares/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pycares/metadata.xml
index 21eb07a228e83..4208ae6d957f2 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycares/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pycares/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<remote-id type="pypi">pycares</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">saghul/pycares</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>