diff --git a/dev-python/pycxx/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pycxx/metadata.xml
index 1ae41d3ea2f05..9c3186ce5beae 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycxx/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pycxx/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">
 		PyCXX is a set of C++ facilities to make it easier to write Python
 		extensions.  The chief way in which PyCXX makes it easier to write