diff --git a/dev-python/envisage/metadata.xml b/dev-python/envisage/metadata.xml
index bd359300b96d6..d2835ba4a5f0a 100644
--- a/dev-python/envisage/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/envisage/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="project">
-  <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-  <name>Python</name>
-</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 <longdescription lang="en">
   Envisage is a Python-based framework for building extensible
   applications, that is, applications whose functionality can be