diff --git a/dev-python/chaco/metadata.xml b/dev-python/chaco/metadata.xml
index 24312648935b4..cc6bb8178e7d8 100644
--- a/dev-python/chaco/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/chaco/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>python@gentoo.org</email>
-  <name>Python</name>
-</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 <longdescription lang="en">
   Chaco is a Python plotting application toolkit and a part of
   Enthought Tool Suite. It is meant to facilitate writing plotting