diff --git a/dev-python/pydbus/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pydbus/metadata.xml
index 83c2ae39ed922..a4ad80e91014d 100644
--- a/dev-python/pydbus/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pydbus/metadata.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>nowa@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Nowa Ammerlaan</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">pydbus</remote-id>