diff --git a/dev-python/markups/metadata.xml b/dev-python/markups/metadata.xml
index fbb42d8965ddc..a3a4dbb46b31a 100644
--- a/dev-python/markups/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/markups/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
-    <email>holgersson@posteo.de</email>
-    <name>Nils Freydank</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>