diff --git a/dev-python/pylast/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pylast/metadata.xml
index 87d285b9ce33c..c5d0e9e1e2c01 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylast/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pylast/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>idella4@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Ian Delaney</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription lang="en">
 Python interface to last.fm and other api-compatible websites