diff --git a/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-leiningen/metadata.xml b/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-leiningen/metadata.xml
index 4c5c8c589b8d3..115e9d64a6695 100644
--- a/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-leiningen/metadata.xml
+++ b/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-leiningen/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>java@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>