diff --git a/gui-apps/wf-shell/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/wf-shell/metadata.xml
index cfbacced23..a3865a3c5a 100644
--- a/gui-apps/wf-shell/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-apps/wf-shell/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@
         <email>gentoo@aisha.cc</email>
         <name>Aisha Tammy</name>
     </maintainer>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-    </maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>