diff --git a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-plantuml/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-plantuml/metadata.xml
index 909c60969420b..0f160b80e6fcb 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-plantuml/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-plantuml/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>pva@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Peter Volkov</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 	This package allows inline plantuml diagrams inside sphinx text files.
 	</longdescription>