diff --git a/dev-python/typing/metadata.xml b/dev-python/typing/metadata.xml
index 3a4d8649b1650..b3c95fee9ef02 100644
--- a/dev-python/typing/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/typing/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">typing</remote-id>
 	</upstream>