diff --git a/dev-python/Ming/metadata.xml b/dev-python/Ming/metadata.xml
index ebe3f844e640b..6d9175d2b32ef 100644
--- a/dev-python/Ming/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/Ming/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>wizardedit@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Austin English</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">Ming</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">merciless</remote-id>