diff --git a/dev-python/mysql-connector-python/metadata.xml b/dev-python/mysql-connector-python/metadata.xml
index 4f90e2323e605..5487ad62c5e16 100644
--- a/dev-python/mysql-connector-python/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/mysql-connector-python/metadata.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@
 	<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Python</name>
 </maintainer>
-<use>
-</use>
 </pkgmetadata>