diff --git a/sci-misc/mendeleydesktop/metadata.xml b/sci-misc/mendeleydesktop/metadata.xml
index f18348e17c4dc..3f93cc78c9780 100644
--- a/sci-misc/mendeleydesktop/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-misc/mendeleydesktop/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>miknix@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Angelo Arrifano</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>xmw@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Michael Weber</name>