diff --git a/dev-python/python-gudev/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-gudev/metadata.xml
index a6170ed0429d6..4d742adbfbd6c 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-gudev/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/python-gudev/metadata.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>laurento.frittella@gmail.com</email>
-    <description>Proxy Maintainer (please CC on bugs)</description>
-  </maintainer>
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="github">nzjrs/python-gudev</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">nzjrs/python-gudev</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>