diff --git a/dev-python/xonsh/metadata.xml b/dev-python/xonsh/metadata.xml
index 926b515b9916a..a3f8a4d9815a8 100644
--- a/dev-python/xonsh/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/xonsh/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 -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">xonsh</remote-id>
     <maintainer status="unknown">