diff --git a/dev-python/rackspace-novaclient/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rackspace-novaclient/metadata.xml
index 4c0858f647ce8..8048c7c4e5a2d 100644
--- a/dev-python/rackspace-novaclient/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/rackspace-novaclient/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     <email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Matthew Thode</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Python</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription lang="en">
     Metapackage to install python-novaclient and Rackspace extensions
   </longdescription>