diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d8b1767340b22845293055ec8f9542ce97ea5c81..5a23046d62388b8fbc6198c4828fe5171daf6733 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ authors = [
     "Gottfried Gaisbauer <gogo@servus.at>",
 ]
 maintainers = [
-  "David Trattnig <david@subsquare.at>",
   "Christoph Pastl <christoph.pastl@fro.at>"
 ]
 readme = "README.md"