diff --git a/dev-python/pipdeptree/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pipdeptree/metadata.xml
index f1082b8162..8dd5f99423 100644
--- a/dev-python/pipdeptree/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pipdeptree/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>oz.tiram@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Oz Tiram</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">tox-dev/pipdeptree</remote-id>