diff --git a/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml b/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
index 5c173d1d31785..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>dev.rindeal+bugs.gentoo.org@gmail.com</email>
-    <name>Jan Chren (rindeal)</name>
-    <description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>