diff --git a/dev-libs/tree-sitter-scala/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/tree-sitter-scala/metadata.xml
index ea3cfbe901d48..5b032bc3b7457 100644
--- a/dev-libs/tree-sitter-scala/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/tree-sitter-scala/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>matthew@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Smith</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>sarnex@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Nick Sarnie</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">tree-sitter/tree-sitter-scala</remote-id>
 	</upstream>