diff --git a/sci-electronics/verilator/metadata.xml b/sci-electronics/verilator/metadata.xml
index 94cd7b4e79..626ddc8c86 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/verilator/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-electronics/verilator/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>vowstar@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Huang Rui</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 	Verilator, the fastest free Verilog HDL simulator.
 	Accepts synthesizable Verilog or SystemVerilog