diff --git a/dev-python/traits/metadata.xml b/dev-python/traits/metadata.xml
index c87181f38306a..0e2713e3142be 100644
--- a/dev-python/traits/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/traits/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Python</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		The traits package from the Enthought Tool Suite provides a
 		metaclass with special attributes that are called traits. A trait