diff --git a/dev-perl/Net-IRR/metadata.xml b/dev-perl/Net-IRR/metadata.xml
index b0700b7349362..534f66c6ab33b 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Net-IRR/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-perl/Net-IRR/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>chainsaw@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Tony Vroon</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>perl@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Perl Project</name>