diff --git a/dev-python/args/metadata.xml b/dev-python/args/metadata.xml
index 8773fc0cee04f..3bf32b8f28b03 100644
--- a/dev-python/args/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/args/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>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">args</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">kennethreitz/args</remote-id>