diff --git a/dev-python/imread/metadata.xml b/dev-python/imread/metadata.xml
index 0fd0da447123e..6a251bb2bee0e 100644
--- a/dev-python/imread/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/imread/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="project">
-		<email>3dprint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo 3D Printer Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription>
 		IO with images and numpy arrays.
 		Mahotas-imread is a simple module with a small number of functions.