diff --git a/sci-libs/scikits_timeseries/metadata.xml b/sci-libs/scikits_timeseries/metadata.xml
index 6de841321e0ed..49f91d414312e 100644
--- a/sci-libs/scikits_timeseries/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-libs/scikits_timeseries/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     <email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription lang="en">
   The scikits.timeseries module provides classes and functions for
   manipulating, reporting, and plotting time series of various