diff --git a/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml b/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml
index c95aef16078e2..ce48845f46136 100644
--- a/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/docker-py/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="person">
-    <email>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">docker/docker-py</remote-id>
     <bugs-to>https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues</bugs-to>