diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml b/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml
index b33b2f436ce6b..3e5a49bfc964c 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/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>hasufell@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Julian Ospald</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">watchdog</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">gorakhargosh/watchdog</remote-id>