diff --git a/sys-apps/uutils-findutils/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/uutils-findutils/metadata.xml
index a43d82b40516d..ac5ef847271ef 100644
--- a/sys-apps/uutils-findutils/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/uutils-findutils/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>lu_zero@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Luca Barbato</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>sam@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sam James</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">uutils/findutils</remote-id>
 	</upstream>