diff --git a/dev-lua/lua-utf8/metadata.xml b/dev-lua/lua-utf8/metadata.xml
index c6a2d69af8037..00235a1c13049 100644
--- a/dev-lua/lua-utf8/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lua/lua-utf8/metadata.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 		<email>conikost@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Conrad Kostecki</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
-		<email>vpayno+gentoo@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Victor Payno</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>gyakovlev@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Georgy Yakovlev</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		This module adds UTF-8 support to Lua.