diff --git a/dev-db/sqlite/metadata.xml b/dev-db/sqlite/metadata.xml
index ae2540a300e55..271ee2dfe2089 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlite/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-db/sqlite/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="secure-delete">Enable overwriting of deleted content with zeros by default (http://sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_secure_delete), causing some performance penalty</flag>
 		<flag name="tools">Install additional tools</flag>
diff --git a/dev-java/protobuf-java/metadata.xml b/dev-java/protobuf-java/metadata.xml
index fbdd6bacc2348..f8086ae855268 100644
--- a/dev-java/protobuf-java/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/protobuf-java/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 		<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Java</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<slots>
 		<subslots>Soname version number of Protobuf</subslots>
 	</slots>
diff --git a/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml
index f37667040e4f9..ac91ac3eab9ce 100644
--- a/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<slots>
 		<subslots>Soname version number</subslots>
 	</slots>
diff --git a/dev-python/protobuf-python/metadata.xml b/dev-python/protobuf-python/metadata.xml
index 0b20fcb3732ec..fc2ddd9a89871 100644
--- a/dev-python/protobuf-python/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/protobuf-python/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
diff --git a/dev-util/global/metadata.xml b/dev-util/global/metadata.xml
index b8ecaba5d8e06..8dbeee5f3285d 100644
--- a/dev-util/global/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/global/metadata.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email> 
-	</maintainer>    
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>    
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="vim">Integrate the GNU GLOBAL source code tag system with Vim</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/net-irc/kvirc/metadata.xml b/net-irc/kvirc/metadata.xml
index 0bd31948cd6de..3ef850bff6bd4 100644
--- a/net-irc/kvirc/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-irc/kvirc/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="dcc_video">Support video connections over DCC protocol</flag>
 		<flag name="phonon">Support Phonon for audio output</flag>
diff --git a/net-libs/neon/metadata.xml b/net-libs/neon/metadata.xml
index f1672aa4d8472..c22fbd8f2851c 100644
--- a/net-libs/neon/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/neon/metadata.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 		Neon is an HTTP and WebDAV client library for Unix systems, with a C
 		language API. It provides high-level interfaces to HTTP/1.1 and WebDAV
diff --git a/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml b/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml
index 9e50e18ed484c..58be4f4a109fc 100644
--- a/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/net-misc/cadaver/metadata.xml b/net-misc/cadaver/metadata.xml
index c2d1a82c0e89f..58be4f4a109fc 100644
--- a/net-misc/cadaver/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/cadaver/metadata.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
 	</maintainer>
-<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>