diff --git a/net-dns/knot/metadata.xml b/net-dns/knot/metadata.xml
index 3434b11aeb0a5..fa36b13d84b6c 100644
--- a/net-dns/knot/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-dns/knot/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>ondrej@sury.org</email>
 		<name>Ondřej Surý</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>scarabeus@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>