diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-gpg/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-gpg/metadata.xml
index 59a9e4ef66d13..98abde89d7dac 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-gpg/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-gpg/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>azamat.hackimov@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Azamat H. Hackimov</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>pinkbyte@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sergey Popov</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>