diff --git a/dev-python/django-appconf/metadata.xml b/dev-python/django-appconf/metadata.xml
index bc7f6d21ffba5..b338a0ffed458 100644
--- a/dev-python/django-appconf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/django-appconf/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>hanno@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!--maintainer-needed-->
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">django-appconf</remote-id>