diff --git a/dev-python/whelk/metadata.xml b/dev-python/whelk/metadata.xml
index 2bdfb4a473d93..ded56739da1d3 100644
--- a/dev-python/whelk/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/whelk/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>nicolasbock@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>