diff --git a/dev-python/sexpdata/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sexpdata/metadata.xml
index ce4e51d94ded3..df41c99cdb7be 100644
--- a/dev-python/sexpdata/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sexpdata/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>jauhien@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Jauhien Piatlicki</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">tkf/sexpdata</remote-id>
   </upstream>