diff --git a/dev-python/itypes/metadata.xml b/dev-python/itypes/metadata.xml
index 7b8ffca6831b4..bf9e4fb26aa57 100644
--- a/dev-python/itypes/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/itypes/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>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>William Hubbs</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">PavanTatikonda/itypes</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">itypes</remote-id>