diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/metals/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/metals/default.nix
index c8a35a75c9bf..0746f27fc6fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/metals/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/metals/default.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://scalameta.org/metals/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     description = "Work-in-progress language server for Scala";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ceedubs fabianhjr tomahna ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fabianhjr tomahna ];
   };
 }