diff --git a/dev-python/python-telegram-bot/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-telegram-bot/metadata.xml
index 36948791ad..77bab97848 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-telegram-bot/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/python-telegram-bot/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>davidroman96@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>David Roman</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>dwosky@pm.me</email>
 		<name>Pedro Arizmendi</name>