diff --git a/dev-python/ecdsa/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ecdsa/metadata.xml
index 09ecea64c51f4..4d646ea13ef48 100644
--- a/dev-python/ecdsa/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/ecdsa/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>luke-jr+gentoobugs@utopios.org</email>
-    <name>Luke Dashjr</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">ecdsa</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">warner/python-ecdsa</remote-id>