diff --git a/dev-python/pychroot/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pychroot/metadata.xml
index d03eefe099b12..3f73551c788d8 100644
--- a/dev-python/pychroot/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pychroot/metadata.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
   </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">pkgcore/pychroot</remote-id>
-    <remote-id type="pypi">pychroot</remote-id>
   </upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/snakeoil/metadata.xml b/dev-python/snakeoil/metadata.xml
index 9defaede9abcb..632e3554b912b 100644
--- a/dev-python/snakeoil/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/snakeoil/metadata.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
   </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">pkgcore/snakeoil</remote-id>
-    <remote-id type="pypi">snakeoil</remote-id>
   </upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgcheck/metadata.xml b/dev-util/pkgcheck/metadata.xml
index 025f517cf0e84..a43b6993fd17b 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgcheck/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/pkgcheck/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <name>Tim Harder</name>
   </maintainer>
   <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="pypi">pkgcheck</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">pkgcore/pkgcheck</remote-id>
   </upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-apps/pkgcore/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/pkgcore/metadata.xml
index 802420c696c3c..eed40afb00f96 100644
--- a/sys-apps/pkgcore/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/pkgcore/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <flag name="doc">Build and install API docs.</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="pypi">pkgcore</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">pkgcore/pkgcore</remote-id>
   </upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>