diff --git a/sys-apps/usb_modeswitch/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/usb_modeswitch/metadata.xml
index 8cf6d89f163c0..1b2d98603b73f 100644
--- a/sys-apps/usb_modeswitch/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/usb_modeswitch/metadata.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
   <use>
     <flag name="jimtcl">Use <pkg>dev-lang/jimtcl</pkg> instead of <pkg>dev-lang/tcl</pkg> for smaller memory footprint</flag>
   </use>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>rafaelmartins@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Rafael G. Martins</name>
-  </maintainer>
-<maintainer type="project">
+  <maintainer type="project">
     <email>freedesktop-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Freedesktop Project</name>
   </maintainer>