diff --git a/dev-python/pyuv/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pyuv/metadata.xml
index 8d0842f4b6b58..5631539a3d3f7 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyuv/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pyuv/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>hasufell@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Julian Ospald</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		pyuv is a Python module which provides an interface to
 		<pkg>dev-libs/libuv</pkg>.