diff --git a/dev-python/paho-mqtt/metadata.xml b/dev-python/paho-mqtt/metadata.xml
index 0e8a9c3cad491..d09bbcbb0d9c3 100644
--- a/dev-python/paho-mqtt/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/paho-mqtt/metadata.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 		<email>mattst88@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matt Turner</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>ramage.lucas@protonmail.com</email>
-		<name>Lucas Ramage</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">eclipse/paho.mqtt.python</remote-id>
 	</upstream>