diff --git a/dev-python/SaltTesting/metadata.xml b/dev-python/SaltTesting/metadata.xml
index 59007b4ca048f..7f1265403658e 100644
--- a/dev-python/SaltTesting/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/SaltTesting/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     <email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Patrick McLean</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Python</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">SaltTesting</remote-id>
   </upstream>