diff --git a/dev-python/python-fcl/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-fcl/metadata.xml
index a39a9710b693c..5ce77f1611000 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-fcl/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/python-fcl/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>3dprint@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Gentoo 3D Printer Project</name>
-    </maintainer>
+    <!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <longdescription>
         Python-FCL is an (unofficial) Python interface for the Flexible Collision Library (FCL), an excellent C++
         library for performing proximity and collision queries on pairs of geometric models.