diff --git a/dev-python/flower/metadata.xml b/dev-python/flower/metadata.xml
index 119189addfa17..fc90b8ff79b73 100644
--- a/dev-python/flower/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/flower/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">mher/flower</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="pypi">flower</remote-id>