diff --git a/dev-python/linecache2/metadata.xml b/dev-python/linecache2/metadata.xml
index 42b1b3e69e3e7..37b6f8e771bfd 100644
--- a/dev-python/linecache2/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/linecache2/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">linecache2</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">testing-cabal/linecache2</remote-id>