diff --git a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-documentedlist/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-documentedlist/metadata.xml
index 02a776fca8b75..95b1e458e205e 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-documentedlist/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-documentedlist/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>fkmclane@gmail.com</email>
-    <name>Foster McLane</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!--maintainer-needed-->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">sphinxcontrib-documentedlist</remote-id>
   </upstream>