diff --git a/dev-util/meson/metadata.xml b/dev-util/meson/metadata.xml
index b3ededb7ea8cc..fcee1391ddd4a 100644
--- a/dev-util/meson/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/meson/metadata.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>floppym@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Mike Gilbert</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>William Hubbs</name>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">mesonbuild/meson</remote-id>