diff --git a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/metadata.xml
index 2b7b759dc6687..0adaee828d62b 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/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="github">renpy/pygame_sdl2</remote-id>
 	</upstream>