diff --git a/dev-python/riak-python-client/metadata.xml b/dev-python/riak-python-client/metadata.xml
index 6a8aecae126a6..da754f1e4d64b 100644
--- a/dev-python/riak-python-client/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/riak-python-client/metadata.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">riak</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">basho/riak-python-client</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>