diff --git a/x11-libs/compiz-bcop/metadata.xml b/x11-libs/compiz-bcop/metadata.xml
index 952a3a23aa2ed..512bda99f2f5a 100644
--- a/x11-libs/compiz-bcop/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-libs/compiz-bcop/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>desktop-effects@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Desktop effects</name>
-</maintainer>
+<!--maintainer-needed-->
 <longdescription lang="en">
 BCOP is a code generator that provides an easy way to handle plugin options by
 generating parts of the plugin code directly from the xml metadata file.