diff --git a/net-misc/calico-cni-plugin/metadata.xml b/net-misc/calico-cni-plugin/metadata.xml
index 5fa2b8e49afe5..b33b4ce7eec8e 100644
--- a/net-misc/calico-cni-plugin/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/calico-cni-plugin/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">
-    <name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-    <email>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
+   <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">projectcalico/cni-plugin</remote-id>
   </upstream>