diff --git a/dev-python/singledispatch/metadata.xml b/dev-python/singledispatch/metadata.xml
index 60f52165c8b0c..23c9132739f39 100644
--- a/dev-python/singledispatch/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/singledispatch/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>>Gentoo Proxy Maintainers Project</name>
+		<name>Gentoo Proxy Maintainers Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>timo@rothenpieler.org</email>
diff --git a/virtual/python-singledispatch/metadata.xml b/virtual/python-singledispatch/metadata.xml
index 65ba9d9a920a8..a7153a96747b1 100644
--- a/virtual/python-singledispatch/metadata.xml
+++ b/virtual/python-singledispatch/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>>Gentoo Proxy Maintainers Project</name>
+		<name>Gentoo Proxy Maintainers Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>timo@rothenpieler.org</email>