diff --git a/app-text/wgetpaste/metadata.xml b/app-text/wgetpaste/metadata.xml
index a40a0b2e50382..ceeed1534bdd7 100644
--- a/app-text/wgetpaste/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/wgetpaste/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@
 		<email>maksbotan@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Maxim Koltsov</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>