diff --git a/dev-python/kafka-python/metadata.xml b/dev-python/kafka-python/metadata.xml
index e2edf6176a942..0f2c9d5f988c6 100644
--- a/dev-python/kafka-python/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/kafka-python/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>wizardedit@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Austin English</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <longdescription>
       Python client for Apache Kafka
   </longdescription>