diff --git a/dev-python/rax-default-network-flags-python-novaclient-ext/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rax-default-network-flags-python-novaclient-ext/metadata.xml
index d9265b71f07ac..c060c965c51f8 100644
--- a/dev-python/rax-default-network-flags-python-novaclient-ext/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/rax-default-network-flags-python-novaclient-ext/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     <email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Matthew Thode</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Python</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription lang="en">
     Adds instance default networks extension support to python-novaclient
   </longdescription>